What is recorded here

Glassavullaun font stands in Kilmasantan graveyard beside the River Dodder, its square basin and small drain hole surviving from the medieval church that belonged to the See of Dublin. It is large enough to hold a child’s baptism or a village ceremony, yet worn and damaged like every place where water, hands and time kept returning. The similar font at St. Maelrauns in Tallaght suggests a shared craft, while the damaged face keeps the story open: some ceremonies were urgent, some witnesses are lost, and the church still gives the valley its shape.

Situated in Kilmasantan (St Ann's) graveyard (DU025-033002-) on the N bank of the River Dodder. A font located to the N of the gate inside the graveyard. This large medieval font (ext. H 0.75m; etx. diam. 0.92m; rim T 0.12-0.09m) has a roughly square-shaped basin (D 0.27-0.29m; Wth 0.74-0.45m) with rounded corners and a drain hole (diam. 0.03m) in the SW corner. The E face is damaged. It is similar to the font (DU021-037009-) at St. Maelrauns in Tallaght. Also within the graveyard is a church (DU025-033001-). In 1179 this church and its lands were a sub-manor of Tallaght and part of the extensive church lands of the See of Dublin. This manor occupied the upper eastern Dodder Valley (Nolan 1992, 185). To see a 3D model of the font visit: https://skfb.ly/oEypG Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 10 march 2023

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