Kilkieran / Cill Chiaráin
INFORMATION
Font ID: 16968KIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church / Chapel Name: [ruins of an early church]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Ciaran (aka Kieran)
Site Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 8 km N of Carrick-on-Suir [NB: not to be mistaken with the other Kilkieran in Co. Galway]
Font Notes:
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Rees (2003() notes the presence of a second early church, located downhill from the location that holds the three famous early crosses; only a well remains, St. Ciarán's church. "St. Ciarán's well"; there is a boulder with a hollow for water, known as "St. Ciarán's font".
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.51444, -7.046667
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 30' 52 N, 7° 2' 48 W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Rees, Elizabeth, An essential guide to Celtic sites and their saints, London; New York: Burns & Oates, 2003, p. 36