Durrow

INFORMATION

Font ID: 25879DUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (?), Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Church Notes: abbey here founded 6thC [Book of Durrow ca. 700 now at Trinity College, Dublin]; medieval church was itself built on the site of a former 12th century abbey church; present church mid-19thC; replaced an earlier church demolished in the early-18thC and its short-lived replacement built in 1731
Church Address: Carrigan St, Durrow Townparks, Durrow, Co. Laois, Ireland
Site Location: Offaly / Uibh Fhailaí, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the N77,
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Ossory
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
A baptismal font of stone, disused and located in the garden behind the present church, is noted and illustrated in a digital photograph taken 25 May 2024 by A.-K. D. posted in Wikipedia [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baptismal_font_behind_Holy_Trinity_Church_Durrow.jpg] [accessed 27 July 2025]and captioned: "baptismal font behind Holy Trinity Church Durrow". The object consists of a roughly square basin with plain rounded sides, raised on a square pedestal base and a square lower base; the design is relatively modern, therefore it could be a discarded font of the short-lived church built in 1731 which preceded the present 19th-century building; the inner basin well is also square as the outer, but it is divided into two wells, another factor in dating it as a late font. [NB: we have no information on the font of the 12th-century church here]

COORDINATES

UTM: 29U 608294 5855980
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.84267, -7.392112
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 50′ 33.61″ N, 7° 23′ 31.6″ W