Raphoe / Rath Bhoth / Ráth Bhoth
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view of church interior - baptistery
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view of font and cover
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view of font and cover in context
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INFORMATION
FontID: 14514RAP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: St. Eunan's Cathedral (C. of I.)
Church Patron Saints: St. Adomnan [aka Adam, Adamnan, Eunan]
Country Name: Northern Ireland
Location: Donegal, Ulster
Directions to Site: Located on the R236, 10 km NW of Lifford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, on the N side of the nave
Date: 1706
Century and Period: 18th century (early)
Font Notes:
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Described in Rowan (2003): "Bishop Pooley's font of 1706, a sixteen-sided alabaster bowl on a circular shaft, on the N[orth] side." The font cover is round and flat, with a carved top. The font is located in a wooden enclosure inside a baptistery or chapel (?) at the north end of the nave.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, alabaster [basin only?]
Font Shape: polygonal (sixteen-sided) (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal (sixteen sided)
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]