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17th century font located inside the parish church of St John in the town of Tralee was described in the Urban Survey of County Kerry as follows; '17th cent. Limestone. Octagonal basin with chamfered lower edge, sloping internal sides and lacking a drainage hole. The facets are tooled vertically and horizontally along the edges. One facet has I. C. in Roman lettering and PVOST in Gothic lettering. A second facet ANNO DNI 1623 in Roman lettering. The shaft and base are carved from a single block. The drum shaped shaft with sugar barley twist, rises from a rectangular base to an octagonal support which is too narrow for the basin. There may have been a further section between the shaft and the basin. One corner of the base is broken.
Dims H. 94; W. of basin 69; Diam. of basin 46; T. 14. (Denny 1907-9, 366)' (Bradley et. al. 1987, 106).
See attached photograph of font taken from the Urban Survey of Kerry
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 28 April 2022
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