Glinsk / Gleann Uisce / Glinsce

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Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph by Christy Cunniffe in Galway Community Heritage (11 September 2016) [https://field-monuments.galwaycommunityheritage.org/content/archaeology/glinsk-water-stoup] [accessed 31 July 2023]
Copyright Instructions: The use of content for educational or private purposes is permitted on condition that the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage is credited as the source

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph by Christy Cunniffe in Galway Community Heritage (11 September 2016) [https://field-monuments.galwaycommunityheritage.org/content/archaeology/glinsk-water-stoup] [accessed 31 July 2023]
Copyright Instructions: The use of content for educational or private purposes is permitted on condition that the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage is credited as the source

INFORMATION

Font ID: 24836GLI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael
Font Location in Church: Outside, in the porch
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Notes: the present church is dated 1840-1890
Church Address: Saint Michael's Catholic Church, Keelogesbeg, Castlerea, Co. Galway, Ireland
Site Location: Galway, Connacht, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the R340, between Creggs (SSE) and Ballymoe (NNW), about 30 km WNW of Roscommon, 68 km NE of Galway city
Font Notes:
Holy-water stoup wall-mounted in the porch; identified and illustrated in Christy Cunniffe in Galway Community Heritage (11 September 2016) [https://field-monuments.galwaycommunityheritage.org/content/archaeology/glinsk-water-stoup] [accessed 31 July 2023]: "Holy water stoup in Glinsk Catholic church [...] Consists of an inscribed limestone holy water stoup or font in the porch of Glinsk Catholic church. Erected by the Rev William Harrington PP AD 1843. Regular contact with the bowl of this post-Emancipation font has caused the limestone to become polished and take on the sheen of black marble." The stoup and its inscription is also noted in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage [https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/30400702/saint-michaels-catholic-church-keelogesbeg-co-galway] [accessed 31 July 2023], as well as the date of the church "1840 - 1890", but there is no information on the possible provenance of the late-medieval stoup.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it

COORDINATES

UTM: 29U 445465 5914146
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.651176, -8.432030
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 39' 4.2" N, 8° 25' 55.3" W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: round, wall-mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: English
Inscription Location: on the basin sides
Inscription Text: "Erected by The / Revd- / William / Harrington PP / AD 1843"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes & ImagesArea]