Abbeyleix / Mainistir Laoise

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view of church exterior in context - northwest view

Source caption: "Church of Ireland church, (built c. 1765, renovated, c. 1880) is situated within the graveyard. Church structure in neglected condition; in use as private chapel. Located c. 100m to south of the graveyard are a medieval altar-tomb, granite font and graveslab associated with Cistercian Abbey site."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Church of Ireland church, (built c. 1765, renovated, c. 1880) is situated within the graveyard. Church structure in neglected condition; in use as private chapel. Located c. 100m to south of the graveyard are a medieval altar-tomb, granite font and graveslab associated with Cistercian Abbey site."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Laois Graveyards Survey, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph in the Laois Graveyards Survey [https://historicgraves.com/graveyard/old-church-abbeyleix/la-abbx] [accessed 5 November 2023]
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view of font in context

NB: we have no description of the font, seen here in the foreground,bottom of the image -- the tomb in the centre of the image is described in Ask about Ireland [https://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/history-heritage/heritage-towns/towns-and-villages-of-lao/abbeyleix/index.xml] [accessed 5 November 2023]: "Close to the Abbey was the burial place of the O'Mores. A box tomb still remains. On it is a full size recumbent effigy in armour, with an inscription around the margin in Gothic lettering, in Latin, translated "Malachy O'More, Prince of Leix. May he rest in peace. Amen, 1486.""
Scene Description: NB: we have no description of the font, seen here in the foreground,bottom of the image -- the tomb in the centre of the image is described in Ask about Ireland [https://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/history-heritage/heritage-towns/towns-and-villages-of-lao/abbeyleix/index.xml] [accessed 5 November 2023]: "Close to the Abbey was the burial place of the O'Mores. A box tomb still remains. On it is a full size recumbent effigy in armour, with an inscription around the margin in Gothic lettering, in Latin, translated "Malachy O'More, Prince of Leix. May he rest in peace. Amen, 1486.""
Image Source: digital image [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 25027ABB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Abbeyleix Demesne Church
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Previous Font Location(s): Monastery Church at Clonkyne Leix / De Lege Dei
Church Notes: originally 6thC; re-founded 1183; Dissolved 1552; remained as parish church; "The site of the abbey now lies within the demesne of Viscount de Vesci, probably within the vicinity of the nineteenth-century Protestant church. The relics are now preserved in a walled garden within the demesne" [source: https://www.dhi.ac.uk/cistercians/abbeys/abbeyleix.php [accessed 5 November 2023]] -- the Protestant church was built in 1765 and renovated ca. 1880; it is located near the remains of the old abbey church, of which a few objects remain
Church Address: Abbeyleix Demesne, De Vesci Estate, Co. Laois, Ireland
Site Location: Laois, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the R433, W of the N77, 14 km S of Portlaoise -- The graveyard is located in the Abbeyleix Demesne, adjacent to farmhouse, surrounded by pasture fields.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin
Additional Comments: disused font / moved font / damaged font (originally 'associated' with the old abbey church here)
Font Notes:
A medieval granite font "associated" with the Cistercian Abbey site is reported about 100 m. south of the Church of Ireland church now used as a private chapel, is reported in the Laois Graveyards Survey [https://historicgraves.com/graveyard/old-church-abbeyleix/la-abbx] [accessed 5 November 2023]. A photograph of the interior of this church shows a partial view of the font in front of a casket tomb [cf. ImagesArea].
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 609249 5862363
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.89983, -7.3758
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 53′ 59.39″ N, 7° 22′ 32.88″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round