Clontuskert

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Apostle or saint - St. Augustine of Hippo

Scene Description: Source caption: "Clontuskert Priory, County Galway, Ireland. Holy water soup at the western doorway of the nave, depicting St Catherine (with the wheel) and St Augustine."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andreas F. Borchert, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph 16 September 2009 by Andreas F. Borchert [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clontuskert_Priory_Stoup_2009_09_16.jpg] [accessed 31 July 2023]

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Apostle or saint - St. Catherine of Alexandria - with wheel - with sword

Scene Description: Source caption: "Clontuskert Priory, County Galway, Ireland. Holy water soup at the western doorway of the nave, depicting St Catherine (with the wheel) and St Augustine."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andreas F. Borchert, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph 16 September 2009 by Andreas F. Borchert [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clontuskert_Priory_Stoup_2009_09_16.jpg] [accessed 31 July 2023]

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view of base - fragment

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph in in Christy Cunniffe in Galway Community Heritage (26 January 2016) [https://field-monuments.galwaycommunityheritage.org/content/archaeology/clontuskert-font] [accessed 31 July 2023]

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view of base - fragment

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph in in Christy Cunniffe in Galway Community Heritage (26 January 2016) [https://field-monuments.galwaycommunityheritage.org/content/archaeology/clontuskert-font] [accessed 31 July 2023]

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view of church exterior - west portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "Clontuskert Priory, County Galway, Ireland. Ornate western doorway of the nave, depicting St Michael, weighing souls, St John, St Catherine, a bishop, and various other carvings including a pelican and a mermaid."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andreas F. Borchert, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph 16 September 2009 by Andreas F. Borchert [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clontuskert_Priory_Nave_Doorway_2009_09_16.jpg] [accessed 31 July 2023]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Clontuskert Priory, Co Galway, Republic of Ireland"

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Image Source: digital photograph 13 May 2008 by JohnArmagh [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ClontuskertPriory.JPG] [accessed 31 July 2023]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Clontuskert Priory, County Galway, Ireland. View of the nave, looking east. (The wall behind the rood gallery is an addition of the 17th century.)"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andreas F. Borchert, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph 16 September 2009 by Andreas F. Borchert [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clontuskert_Priory_Nave_E_2009_09_16.jpg] [accessed 31 July 2023]

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view of stoup

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andreas F. Borchert, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph 16 September 2009 by Andreas F. Borchert [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clontuskert_Priory_Stoup_2009_09_16.jpg] [accessed 31 July 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24835CLO
Church/Chapel: Augustinian Priory of Saint Mary / Clontuskert-Hy-Many [aka Clontuskert Abbey]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: R355, Abbeypark, Co. Galway, Ireland
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Galway, Connacht
Directions to Site: Clontuskert Abbey is located off (N) the R355, 5 km S of Ballinasloe, S of the Ballinure river
Font Location in Church: wall-mounted outside the W doorway [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century,
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: priory founded ca. 1140; dissolved 1562;
Holy-water stoup wall-mounted outside the west doorway, with the figures of St. Catherine and St. Augustin above the angled top of the basin; the doorway itself is dated 1471, but the stoup may date to the later [16th-/17h-century] expansion of the priory church. Fragments of a surving object from the priory are identified and illustrated in Christy Cunniffe in Galway Community Heritage (26 January 2016) [https://field-monuments.galwaycommunityheritage.org/content/archaeology/clontuskert-font] [accessed 31 July 2023]: "What survives of a composite baptismal font at Clontuskert Abbey Co. Galway consists of a section of one half of a two-part octagonal font base. Moulded pillar bases with sockets to support columns shows that the font bowl was supported at four of its eight corners. A half-section of the drain hole can be identified in a fifth hollowed column at the centre of the base. The central column survives as a number of loose fragments. One short section of one of the four legs also survives. It makes sense to assume that the bowl was also octagonal in shape, though the overall form of the bowl is uncertain. This piece of the font is preserved with an assortment of architectural fragments and other carved stones on the floor of the west claustral building. It is of importance as it adds to the number of known fonts from Clonfert Diocese, but more importantly illustrates that the Canons Regular who were priests, undertook the cure of souls here in their house at Clontuskert. Thanks to David Broderick for recognizing the other fragments." The object shown appears to be of a late date as well.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.282663, -8.21572
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 16′ 57.59″ N, 8° 12′ 56.59″ W
UTM: 29U 552288 5904002

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone