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According to Urban Survey of Limerick (Bradley et. al. 1989, 31) 'there is an early font under the tower' (i.e. of the Augustinian Black Abbey LI021-032006-). This is a bowl with some form of simple 'leaf' patterning on undersurface'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI021-032017

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Peter Craine, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Adareman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • John Baker, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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