What is recorded here

You can still touch the eight-pointed stars carved into one face of the font, a small limestone square moved from Shanagolden Church into the west porch of St. Mary's in Askeaton. It may have stood in a church angle, hiding one side and showing two decorated faces to the people gathered beside it. The conical basin is shallow enough to hold water for a child or a ceremony, but its shape suggests it was made to be seen as much as used.

Medieval limestone square shaped font (H 0.32m x 0.34m x 0.33m) with conical basin (diam. 0.24m) originally located in Shanagolden Church (LI019-012001-) but now housed in the W porch of St. Mary's Church of Ireland church in Askeaton. One face of the font is decorated with a tracery pattern consisting of four square panels each containing an eight-pointed star. The font was possibly designed to be set into the angle of the church with two decorated faces visible to the parishioners of the church. The carving on the font is similar to a font (TS043-034010-) from Kilcooly Abbey (TS043-034001-), Co. Tipperary. The Shanagolden church font was drawn by William Frazer based on original drawings made by John Windele in the mid 19th century (NLI PD 1975 TX 12 (8); NLI Sketch books of Irish antiquities). Cross reference with LI019-012004-. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 19 November 2018

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