Ballycallan

INFORMATION

Font ID: 25878BAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: n.d.
Church / Chapel Name: Catholic Church of St. Brigid [aka Bridget]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Brigid of Ireland [aka Brigit, Bridget, Bride, Brydoch, Brydock, Ffraed, Ffraid, Fraed]
Church Address: Gorteen, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland -- Tel.: +353 56 776 9894
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the R695, about 10 km WSW of Kilkenny
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Ossory
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the earler chapel replaced by the present 19thC church?)
Font Notes:
The present font and stoup, like the church itself, are modern, mid-19th century. Both font and stoup are illustrated in digital photographs taken March 2025 by A.-K. D. in Wikipedia [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Saint_Bridget's_Church,_Ballycallan] [accessed 27 July 2025]. [NB: we have no informarion on the possible font of the earlier superseded chapel here]

COORDINATES

UTM: 29U 610223 5832311
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.629578, -7.371425
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 37′ 46.48″ N, 7° 22′ 17.13″ W