Early Christian Ecclesiastical Settlement in Ireland 5th to 12th Centuries

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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):
LongitudeLongitude in decimal degrees (positive is East, negative is West):

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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.
Ard Oilén	OS 21
Baislecc Mór	OS 21: Basilica Sanctorum - now in par Tulsk; feast of Sachell (Soicheall) 1 Aug; Ciarraige dominance to 8thC?
Brownstown	OS 21, doubtful as EC site?; med par ch?
Cartronhugh	OS 21
Castleterra	OS 21; possible EC site
Cell Aired	OS 21: Florent mac an oglaich (d. 1333) 'airchideochain' Ann.FM - error?
Cell Chéire	OS 21: in Mag Escat; Uí Raibne < Múscraige at CC
Cell Chonáin	OS 21: poss EC site assoc with native St
Cell Churcaige	OS 21: putative sr of Cairech Dergán & Ness of Ernaide-thech (qv); kinswomen of Commán
Cell Laisre? (Killaster)	OS 21: in Mag Aí, now in par Frenchpark; loc not kwn to Harrington
Cell mac Gobain?	OS 21: possible EC site assoc with meic Gobain
Cell Onchon	OS 21/22: in Pobal Bhriain (TCD H.1.18, 8a); note Killonaghan, Co Clare
Cell Raisse	OS 21: superceded by Kilross, fnd 1233 by prior of Oilén na Trinóite (Beirne); now par Riverstown
Cluain Siebra?	OS 21
Cnocán na mBan	OS 21
Domnach Bile	OS 21: P. ordained Óengus (Trip.Life); slab depict wheeled cross 'not found' (Herity 1997)
Drinaghan	OS 21
Droichet-Tarsna	OS 21
Druim Ruad	OS 21: traditional birthplace of Declan of Ardmore
Drumnanangle	OS 21: Druim na n-Aingel?
Drumshallon	possible EC foundation; assoc with Patrick? ( OS 21)
Drung	OS 21
Foilogohig	OS 21
Kilcurly	OS 21
Kilderiheen	OS 21:
Killycrone	OS 21; possibly an EC site; placename may preserve ref to Crón/Cróine
Kiltycloghan	OS 21, 27: possible EC site?
Lisbunny*	OS 21: possible EC site (placename element Liss)? or Med par ch?
Lisegny*	OS 21
Liss Mór	OS 21: women excl from half of civitas, but Tech Bríge (qv) adj; Abb Conodar guarantor of Cáin Adomnáin; see also Cell Mo-Laisse
Rathmoyle*	OS 21: nec pre-reform? in mod par Tulsk
Tempall Féichíne (Templefeheen)	OS 21: on or close to site of 7thC. foundation of St Féchíne; uncovered by illegal excavation 1981
Toneel*	OS 21: nec pre-reform site? uncertain