What is recorded here

Half-buried in the Holmpatrick churchyard, the octagonal font waited decades for two men to drag it from the dirt. T. U. Steel found it in 1893, moved it into the open, and revealed a shield carved with a hand on one side. That bare mark still faces the ridge above Skerries, pointing toward the east coast as if measuring the distance between the living and the drowned.

Holmpatrick church site (DU005-031001-) and graveyard (DU005-031002-) lies at the SW end of a prominent ridge overlooking Skerries village and the E coast of Dublin. According to Campion (1969, 39) in 1893 T. U. Steel uncovered ; 'in the churchyard an Octagonal Font in bad condition half buried. He had two men dig it up and place it in a more suitable position. On one side there is a shield carved with a hand on it' Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 13 March 2023

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