Ballyconnick
INFORMATION
Font ID: 25881BAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval? [fragment]
Church / Chapel Name: Church of St. Degumen, Ballyconnick [in ruins]
Font Location in Church: in the nave of the church ruins
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Decuman [aka Decman, Decumanus, Degumanus, Degumen, Degyman, Tenen]
Church Notes: church already in ruins in the 1840s; ruins of a church indexed in the Archaeological Survey of Ireland under SMR No. WX046-008001-
Church Address: Ballyconnick, Co. Wexford, Ireland
Site Location: Wexford, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: The ruins are located off (E) the R738, about 15 km WSW of Wexford
Historical Region: Barony of Bargy
Additional Comments: fragment of a font? / disused font?
Font Notes:
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An object indexed in the Archaeological Survey of Ireland under SMR No. WX046-008003- and described as "Baptismal font in the nave of the church. Michael J. Moore writes: Rectangular font, probably unfinished since lacking drain-hole, in nave" is illustrated in a digital photograph taken 2 October 2012 by Andreas F. Borchert [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ballyconnick_St._Degumen's_Church_Baptismal_Font_2012_10_02.jpg] [accessed 27 July 2025]; the object appears of a general quadrangular shape but irregular and with rounded corners on the outside; the inner well is also rather irregular, again quadrangular. Its identification as a font can be arguable; perhaps a bullaun?
COORDINATES
UTM: 29U 662321 5793174
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.26496, -6.621301
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 15′ 53.86″ N, 6° 37′ 16.69″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: quadrangular
Basin Interior Shape: quadrangular
Basin Exterior Shape: quadrangular
Drainage System: no drainage system