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Font

Killiney, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Font, Killiney, County Dublin, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Killiney
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.25470, -6.11631
SMR number
DU026-013005-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Killiney church ruins are located on the Marino Avenue West, leading E off Killiney Hill road. Medieval baptismal font of Killiney (Cill Iníon Léinín/church of the seven daughters of Léinín) monastery founded in the 6th-century by its patron saint Aighleann and her sisters, now standing inside the church ruins (DU026-013001-) in Killiney graveyard (DU026-013002-), Co. Dublin. Remains consist of a roughly circular-shaped or bowl-shaped granite font (diam. 0.46m) standing on the floor of the N aisle of the medieval church of Killiney.

To see a 3D model of this font, visit: https://skfb.ly/oEzyU

Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy

Revised by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of revised upload: 31 March 2023

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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