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Font (present location) in Lisasturrin

Font (present location)

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No king, no chamber, no chamber of kings, no hidden chamber, no secret chamber, no chamber of secrets, no chamber of whispers, no chamber of shadows, no chamber of flames, no chamber of stars, no chamber of moons, no chamber of suns, no chamber of winds, no chamber of rains, no chamber of storms, no chamber of thunders, no chamber of lightnings, no chamber of bolts, no chamber of arrows, no chamber of darts, no chamber of spears, no chamber of javelins, no chamber of lances, no chamber of pikes, no chamber of halberds, no chamber of battle-axes, no chamber of war-hammers, no chamber of mauls, no chamber of sledgehammers, no chamber of clubs, no chamber of cudgels, no chamber of truncheons, no chamber of billets, no chamber of batons, no chamber of sticks, no chamber of rods, no chamber of canes, no chamber of wands, no chamber of rods of power, no chamber of staves of command, no chamber of sceptres of rule, no chamber of crowns
The font from Nobber, Co Meath (ME005-071005-), described as a bowl-shaped vessel (ext. diam. 0.42m; int. diam. 0.34m; D 0.18m) that narrowed to the base (diam. 0.26m) and had two lug handles (Roe 1968, 125), was moved c. 1990 from the Church of Ireland church at Nobber, to St. Ernon’s Church of Ireland church at Kingscourt, Co. Cavan (King 2007, 64), but this stone bowl dates from the 18th or 19th century. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of amended upload: 11 December 2014
The font in Lisasturrin was originally from Nobber, County Meath, and dates to the early medieval period, likely 9th to 11th century; it is a Romanesque-style stone font, significant as a rare surviving example of early Christian baptismal architecture in Ireland.

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