Font

The National Monuments Service's description

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

References

Bradley, J., Halpin, A., and King, H.A. 1987 Urban archaeological survey - county Kerry. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.

Denny, Rev. H. L. L. 1907-09 Tralee Parish Church. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead, in Ireland. vol. 7, 363-8.