St Mary Immaculate, Carrick-on-Bannow

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Location

(52°14′7″N, 6°43′38″W)

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Site Location

Carrick-on-Bannow

National Grid Reference

S 87 10

Boundaries

pre-1974 traditional (Republic of Ireland) Wexford
now Wexford

Dedication

medieval not confirmed
now St Joseph and St Mary Immaculate

Type of building/monument

Parish church

Report authors

Tessa Garton

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Description

The Roman catholic church is modern. It houses a 12thc. font.

History

The font is said to have come from St Mary's church, Bannow Bay, built c.1188, traditionally by monks from Canterbury. It was removed from Bannow to Rathangan, before being moved to the new Roman Catholic church at Carrick-on-Bannow in the 19thc.

Features

Furnishings

Fonts

Comments/Opinions

The design and decoration is very similar to the font at Fethard-on-Sea, and the font is evidently a product of the same workshop.

Bibliography

P. Hore, History of the Town and County of Wexford, 1904, IV, 437-63.

M. J. Moore, Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford, Dublin, 1996, 147, 152.

J. Pike, Medieval Fonts of Ireland, privately published, Greystones, 1989, 14.