Font in Loughbrackan — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Drumcondra and Loughbrackan both belong to Dublin now, but the font still points toward Loughbrackan. It is a circular sandstone basin, slightly less than a metre across, with three lugs surviving from four and a quarter of its wall gone. Two small holes on the rim marked where a cover once fastened, perhaps kept from rain or curiosity. Water may have stood in it for baptisms, or maybe it sat empty while the church around it changed. Either way, it carries a room that no longer exists.

The font from Loughbrackan church is now outside the Roman Catholic church at Drumcondra (ME006-009----). It is a circular sandstone (ext. diam. 0.55m; H 0.33m) with a flat-bottomed basin (int. diam. 0.43m; D 0.16-0.19m). Three lugs (max. Wth 9cm; L 21cm; H 5cm) of an original four survive, and about a quarter of the basin wall is missing. Two small holes on the rim at opposite points provided a fastening for the cover. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 6 May, 2015

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