What is recorded here

Oldleighlin cathedral still keeps a displaced font inside its south door, a square Kilkenny limestone bowl carrying heavy Romanesque flutes and fleur-de-lis marks from Gowran. It stands on a larger drum base that may be newer than the bowl, making the whole thing feel like a chest assembled from more than one life. Water, birth, memory and movement are all compressed in that room: a child baptized there would have been marked not only by Oldleighlin but by the lost church whose name has faded from the stone.

A 13th-century font of Kilkenny limestone located inside the S entrance door of the cathedral's nave (CW011-016005-) (Bradley 1989, 47). It has a large square bowl decorated with rounded arcades resting on a large, possibly modern, drum shaped base (ibid.). According to Pike (1989, 574) this font, described as 'decorated with heavy Romanesque flutes, ten on each side, Fleur-de-lis decoration on the top surface', was moved here from St Mary's Church (KK020-060006-), Gowran, Co. Kilkenny (where the font is recorded as KK020-060070-). Compiled by: Claire Breen and Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 22 August 2018

A 13th-century baptismal font, carved from Kilkenny limestone, originally associated with the cathedral and displaying rounded arcades, reflecting Romanesque architectural influence. Its survival and location within the cathedral highlight its liturgical and historical significance in medieval Christian worship.

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