Font in Killinure, County Laois

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What is recorded here

Not marked on the 1841 and 1909 editions of the OS 6-inch maps. Originally in use in Killinure R. C. church (LA011-023), it was moved during Penal times to 'Burke's Cross' (LA011-005-) where Mass was said in the open (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 152). A limestone subcircular font (Dims NW-SE c. 0.65m, NE-SW c. 0.75m, D c. 0.23m) with central draining hole.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA011-023002

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