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FoundationGives the name of the site — generally in its Old Irish form, (if attested in early or medieval sources, or if it appears to be readily reconstructable) otherwise the modern English placename is given.:Documented AssociationGives the names of Early Christian ecclesiastics (the DIB terms such individuals often regarded as founders of churches — saints in the Irish tradition), whose association with the sites concerned is based on documentary sources.:LineageThis records the reputed ancestral lines of individuals given in Doc Assoc.:
Traditional AssociationGives the names of Early Christian ecclesiastics whose association with the sites concerned is based on tradition, dedication or placename association.:TownlandGives the townland (name spelt as in TTPBI Index) in which the site is (or is thought to be) located.:ParishGives the civil (not ecclesiastical) parish in which the townland is situated.:
DeaneryThis records the rural deanery (a sub-division of the diocese) to which the parish belongs.:DioceseThis records the medieval (not necessarily the same as the modern) diocese in which the foundation lies.:BaronyGives the modern barony (as in TTPBI Index the baronies were rationalised in 19thC) in which the townland and civil parish are situated.:
CountyGives the county in which the barony lies.:ProvinceGives both the civil province in which the county lies and the ecclesiastical province to which the diocese belongs.:SourcesThis is concerned almost exclusively with hagiographical sources (mainly Lives of the saints, martyrologies and genealogies of the saints) and relates to the individuals and lineages in Doc Assoc and Lineage.:
Recorded HistoryThis concerns the subsequent history of the site, with emphasis on pre-Norman (or early post-Norman) native sources mainly annals but also including medieval ecclesiastical records (charters or taxations), English Crown documents and, on occasion, modern sources (especially surveys or maps, which may mark the location of lost sites or illuminate placenames).:Clerical StatusThis seeks to classify foundations as episcopal coarbial or eremitic based on the clerical orders ascribed to the reputed founder, the later succession-record or the placename of the site.:GenderThis seeks to classify foundations as male or female based on the gender of the reputed founder, the later succession-record or the placename of the site.:
Succession RecordLists ecclesiastics, male or female, who succeeded to offices at the foundation concerned abbots, abbesses, comarbai, bishops often clerics of less exalted rank such as treasurers, lectors, scribes. These lists make no claim to be exhaustive; fuller accounts for major sites can be found in the New History of Ireland, vol. 8, and in published prosopographies.:Medieval DedicationNotes medieval church-dedications to saints whether Irish or Continental.:Familial LinksIndicates links between foundations, whether claimed in hagiographical sources (a lesser site said to have submitted to greater site), attested by charter, or indicated by tradition or placename evidence.:
Folk TraditionRecords traditional stories, beliefs or practices (especially pilgrimages or patterns), or a tradition of clandestine burial either recorded or inferred from location names such as the killeen or the caldragh.:Field RemainsRecords physical remains of sites, whether visible in the field or accessed through excavation. Precedence is given to features considered to be characteristic of the Early Christian/pre-Reform era, such as enclosures, (especially circular or oval), cross-slabs, high-crosses, bullauns and raised areas — with round towers and church remains further down the list unless there is a strong case for doing otherwise.:ArtifactsIn general, this records only items which may support the case for the site as a pre-Reform ecclesiastical settlement (especially croziers, shrines, chalices etc) — whether recovered by search or excavation, or merely associated with the site by tradition. Also included are such items as querns and kilns as flour-production was an important part of life at ecclesiastical (although also, admittedly, at secular) settlement sites.:
BibliographyMentions secondary references (sometimes very select indeed) to the site concerned. Some contain detailed discussion, others (especially where little else seems to be available) only the briefest mentions. For details see the Bibliography page.:AddendumIncludes fragments of additional information (or comments on the part of the compilers) relating to the site in question.:LatitudeLatitude in decimal degrees (positive is North, negative is South):
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FoundationGives the name of the site — generally in its Old Irish form, (if attested in early or medieval sources, or if it appears to be readily reconstructable) otherwise the modern English placename is given.AddendumIncludes fragments of additional information (or comments on the part of the compilers) relating to the site in question.
Achad DubthaigOS 11, 18: nr R Bann - but not in Co Antrim (as Archdall)
Both ChonoisOS 11: school att by Máel-Ísu Ua Brolcháin (d. 1086)?
CaherkeenOS 114: mkd 'Killeenagh burial gd' on 1899 OS map
CappakilleenOS 11
Carrownalecka OS 118
CarrowrevaghOS 118
CarrowteigeOS 118
CashelOS 11: there are 8 tlds named Cashel in Co Donegal
Cell Brigte?OS 11
Cell BrigteOS 11: in Sil Muiredaig; now par Aughrim
Cell Broccáin?/KilbroganOS 110
Cell CharnaOS 110:16:6 cross-inscr pillar stone (OSL) = lrg recumbent stone 35m to S? on bndry with Kilronan
Cell Chennanach OS 119 - Baile an Mhothair, Ceathrú an Lisín; otherwise Tempall C.; also assoc Cartron (qv)
Cell ChomhlaOS 110:6:5 Cell Chomla (Kilcholan); or Cell Chomlach (as Kilcolagh, Co Rosc)?
Cell Chornáin?OS 112: possible EC site assoc with Cornán?
Cell Chúrnáin OS 11? assoc with Cúrnán s of Sinell of Conmaicne (LL 349b 13)? Caurnán Sac (LL 365)
Cell Éinne (1) (Teglach Éinne)OS 119:1:0, 119:1:2, 119:1:3 - Tempall Meic-Loga at; 'Ciarán of Cluain stayed there' - link with Tempall Chiaráin (qv)?
Cell Éinne (2)OS 111:9:5 nec pre-reform? satellite of C Éinne (1)?
Cell LomatOS 11: perh assoc with Lomb Eps of Tech Luimbe (qv)? now in par Croghan
Cell Lucáin?/Lucinne?OS 11: Midnu s of Dar-Erca, siúr Pátraic (LL 372a 30) intended?; Mod. Ir. Cill Eibhicín (O'Donovan) corrupt? now par Croghan
Cell Mór (Kilmore)OS 118: ch of 'Insscuingi Parish'? (Decretal letter: Bolster)
Cell Mór Maige GlaissOS 11, 16, 17: otherwise Cell Mór na Sinna; distinct from CM Díthrib (qv)? Nr Tully Lough; brz-encased wooden altar-cross (8th/9thC)
Cell MurbaigOS 110:11:1, 2
Cell Rónáin (Teglach Rónáin)OS 111:9:5; 'Altóir Cholmcille', 'Gort an Chochaill' (+ Cockle Strand?) in par
Chapel Island OS 11: EC site assoc with Crón/Cróine?; otherwise kwn as Mount Stewart?
CloghmacsimonOS 110
Cloonmore*OS 112: nec pre-reform?
Cluain ClárithOS 11: ch built by Mo-Lua for Cainner (VSH); alternative trad that ch fnd by Patrick
Cluain LothairOS 11
Cornfield OS 110: satellite of Roidbín (qv)? possibly assoc with Lugna, cruimthir?
CoulaghOS 114: 'M'Kolagh ch', mentioned by Bishop Dive Downes 1700 (O'Brien)
Cross BáithíneOS 111
DerryvonyOS 11; possibly an EC site?
Domnach Mór Maige Tóchuir/CarndonaghOS 11:10:3 - in plain of Achad Drumman (tlds Magheradrumman, Glackadrumman); virgin a sr of bishop (Tírechán); John Colgan born there
Dromore (1)OS 119; mkd 'Dromore burial ground' on 1842 OS map
Dromore (2)OS 119: perh a sattelite of Dromore (1)?
Inis MedhonOS 117; Inchmean; fnd 7thC by a St Cormac? (O'Hara); C. úa Liatháin? (proximity of Brénainn fdn; see Ross par Killala)
Inis RodbaOS 117
KillaconenaghOS 115: earlier foundation on site of med par ch? (Power)
KilleagueOS 11
Killincoolepossible EC site (OS 11)? earlier ch ruinous 1692
Killountain?OS 110: 'Cill Fhionntain - St Fintan's church' (O'Donoghue)
Na Seacht dTeampaillOS 110:6:2 EC foundation assoc with St Brecan; 'Bullán na Caillí' to W of complex
Rocksborough*OS 110: nec pre-reform? Med par ch?
RodeenOS 115
Róidbín*OS 110: nec pre-reform? Med par ch?
Sentempall? OS 119 - Aill na Síóg, Baile an Mhothair
Tech CaínOS 111: EC site orig assoc with Mo-Chaín?
Tech SaxanOS 111; Tisaxon par ch in ruins by 1615 (Power); 'br' of Berchert of Tulach Liss (qv)
Tempall an Chethrair Álainn OS 110:12:1 - Corrúch, Eóchaill; Tempall in chethruir áluinn
Tempall AsurnaigeOS 110:12:3 - Sráidbhaile na hEóchaille; Teampall Asurnaí: 'ch of the vigils'? St Sourney an invention?
Tempall CiaráinOS 111:9:1 - Mainistir, Eóchaill; site of 6thC foundation?; claim that Ciarán visited Cell Éinne (qv)
Tempall Muire*OS 119 - Baile an Teampaill; Teampull Ceannan Nach (Archdall); satellite of (or repl for) T. na 7 Mac Rí (qv)?
Tempall na 7 mac Rí OS 119 - Ceathrú an Lisín
Tuaim NoéOS 11: in mod par Croghan; see also Ráith Noé