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Killiney church ruins are located on the Marino Avenue West, leading E off Killiney Hill road. Medieval baptismal font of Killiney (Cill Iníon Léinín/church of the seven daughters of Léinín) monastery founded in the 6th-century by its patron saint Aighleann and her sisters, now standing inside the church ruins…

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Killiney church ruins are located on the Marino Avenue West, leading E off Killiney Hill road. Medieval baptismal font of Killiney (Cill Iníon Léinín/church of the seven daughters of Léinín) monastery founded in the 6th-century by its patron saint Aighleann and her sisters, now standing inside the church ruins (DU026-013001-) in Killiney graveyard (DU026-013002-), Co. Dublin. Remains consist of a roughly circular-shaped or bowl-shaped granite font (diam. 0.46m) standing on the floor of the N aisle of the medieval church of Killiney. To see a 3D model of this font, visit: https://skfb.ly/oEzyU Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 31 March 2023

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU026-013005

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