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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.
Ara OS 79
Baile an Epscoip (?)OS 7
Ballintemple*OS 7: cross-slab possible indic of pre-reform date?
BallynakillOS 7: Baile na Cille
BallyvoigeOS 70: 'Tober na bPian (well of the pains)' (O'Donoghue)
BawnatempleOS 71: EC site; ch in ruins by 1639 (Brady)
BileOS 7
BreaghwyOS 79: ESE of Castlebar
Cahergowan*OS 70: Cathair Ghabhann - med par ch?
CappanagraunOS 71: not on 1842 OS map but mkd 'bullán' & 'Toberanoonan' on 1938 map
CarrigathouOS 71
Cathair UltainOS 77: Ailbe visits his alumnus, Mac-Creiche; Ultan of Cork (not Ardbraccan) intended here?
Cell Barra/KilbarryOS 74
Cell BercheirtOS 74: Cill Bheircheirt, Glen of Aherlow, 7thC fndt; nun Osgyd assoc with this site? see Cell Beccán; see http://pilgrimagemedievalireland.com/2014/02/19/st-berriherts-kyle-co-tipperary-part-1-the-archaeological-remains/
Cell BrigteOS 7: situated on sm terrace above Bunatrahir Bay, nr Killala
Cell ChaiseOS 78: in cantred of Ywoghin
Cell ChellaigOS 72, 81: possible EC site assoc with native st
Cell ChiaráinOS 77: in Caílle
Cell Chluaine OS 74: med par ch on site of EC foundation attrib to St Grellan (Bk.Uí M)
Cell Choirill OS 74: pref to C Ghoirill? assoc with Cairell? male & female sts so named
Cell ChrónataOS 77
Cell Clispín/AhennyOS 79
Cell Do-ChommócOS 70
Cell Eircc?OS 70: possible EC site assoc with Ercc?
Cell ErnaideOS 71, 77, 78: poss EC site assoc with Eithne? Cill Urnaí
Cell Imlecha?OS 75, 76: note 'Cill Inlach' in Ywoghyn; Cill Imligh
Cell Lugáin? (Mountbernard)OS 72: alternatively Cell Dhuáin (Alcock) - but seems unlikely; Lugán sacerdos (LL 366)?
Cell mac Cannáin?OS 7: possible EC site assoc with meic Cannáin? LL 369e 40 (MacShamhráin); slab paralleled at Inis Muiredaig (qv)
Cell mac-LaisreOS 77: assoc with meic Laisre (LL 366), or Mac-Laisre s of Crónán < Uí Néill? Kilmalasser (Tax) not 'C Mo-Lassra'?
Cell MáelechairOS 75
Cell Maige ClíaichOS 70: Cill Mhaí Claí
Cell MilócOS 70: Cill Milleog - Kilmilok 'in dnry Fethard'
Cell Mo-LaisseOS 79, 82; 'i nDéisibh Muman' (Mart.G)
Cell Mór RuisínOS 77: Cill Mhór Ó Ruisín (Ó Cearbhaill); or assoc with Ross mac Trichim of Dún dá Lethglas (qv)?
Cell Muire*OS 78: nec a pre-reform site? medieval foundation? nr Carrick-on-Suir
Cell Muire*OS 76: nec a pre-reform site? medieval foundation? nr Clonmel
Cell na Cluaine (Kilnacloona)OS 72: obsolete placename 'Kilnacloona'; C & B discip. of Ruadán here; location of Findbarr's death (Ó Riain)
Cell na mBráthar*OS 7: nec pre-reform? no churches in use in Shandrum par 1673 (Brady)
Cell OstaOS 70
Cell RúiscOS 7?
Cell SgéithOS 70
Cell Teccáin/TagáinOS 77: in cantred Ywoghin and half-cantr. Yffathiatha
Cell TeimnéinOS 70: Mo-Themnióc < Cerdraige (LL 351b 1); cóic of Mo-Lua (Rawl B 486, 13 (35)Rab; Ó Riain 1985, 19, 198 n. 224)
Cell Tóg/TóchOS 78: in Corcu Teimne i Ceri; Ballynew - Cellola Tog; C. a monk of Patrick, but ch taken by Clonmacnoise
Cloghleigh/KylebegOS 7: An Chill Bheag
ClonconwalOS 74
Cluain Chaín ChairillOS 72: probable EC site later occ by hse of Franciscan Third Order (Gwynn & Hadcock)
Cluain LáigOS 71: Cl Laoigh gtd land of Druim Lighen (Bk.Fenagh)
Cooliney*OS 7: nec pre-reform? 'in repair' 1615, abandoned by 1694 (Brady)
Cork (Christ Church)*OS 74: in heart of sth island; par ch of Hiberno-Norse town (Hurley); not pre-reform? on earlier site?
Cork (St Mary's)?OS 74: Nessán/Mo-Chua assoc with this ch? demolished during siege 1690 & rebuilt lower down hill 1693 (Power)
CorrafaireenOS 71: Cora Phiarín
CrannogeboyOS 73
CreggOS 70: An Chreig
Criaghanboy OS 79
Cross OS 76, 77: EC site threatened by erosion - heritage survey 1990 (Arch Ire., Autumn 1991, 6); ogam found by K. Brady
Cruachán Meic-DaraOS 76: or Cruach na Cara - EC site assoc with Mac-Dara & Sinech (Mod Ir Síothnach)
Cruach na Caíle OS 76: or Croch Cuile/Cruanakeely; 'sister' (of Failart Eps?) unnamed in Bk.Arm; in company of St Patrick - added to T by redactor
Cúil na hEornan OS 7; possible EC site, kwn as Cill Bhaile an Bhreacáin
Domnach Mór Maige IthaOS 79: moccu Dubai m Orcáin loc there (Bk. Arm); Muinntir Doired of (Lec 452)
DoochillOS 74
DooishOS 77
Drumboe*OS 78: nec a pre-reform site?
DrumirrinOS 73
DrumnasillaghOS 74
Dunamon* OS 7, 19, 20, 32: nec pre-reform? in Poor-Law Union of Roscommon, 1837
EcclasOS 72: ch in ruins since c.1615 (Brady)
EnachOS 78: nr Castlebar
Feigh*OS 7: nec pre-reform? Med par ch?
Garranbraher?OS 74: ch re-dedic to St Catherine 13thC?
GortmorrisOS 7: Gort Mhuiríosa
Gortnaclassach*OS 77: nec pre-reform?
Imphrick*OS 7; nec pre-reform? par ch 'in ruins' 1615 (Brady)
Inis CharaOS 73: in Uí Echdach - anciently Tuaimnava (Archdall); refl. Uí E. dominance of Múscraige Mittíne (MacC.)
InishleenaOS 72; 'founded by Finbarr' (Gwynn & Hadcock); flooded 1956 for Lee Valley Hydro-electric Scheme (Power)
Islandeady OS 78
Keelogesbeg (Kilmacanganyn)OS 7: Na Caológa Beaga; possibly Cell mac in Gobann? uncertain
KilcashelOS 73
KilclooneyOS 7: Cell na Cluana?
KillaghaduffOS 7; not nec pre-reform; perhaps a medieval fndt
Kilrean/Cell Riagáin?OS 74: betw Glenties and Ardara (Lacey); possible EC site assoc with Rícenn?
KnockaturnoryOS 7: Cnoc a'Tornora
Lackagh Beg*OS 70: Leacach Beag; nec pre-reform? med par ch dedic to Colum Cille?
LaconnellOS 73
Lagnagillew*OS 75: nec an eccl settlement site?
MagheraOS 73
Móethail BroccáinOS 7: in Déise Muman; EC site replaced by Augustinian house 12thC.; see also Airbre/Cell Chuáin, Co. Wex.
Moyhenna*OS 79: nec pre-reform site?
Newtownburke*OS 73: nec an eccl settlement? pilgrimage station?
Nure*OS 7: nec pre-reform?
Oilén Maisean OS 76
Ráith BothOS 70: airchinnech of R.B. custodian of Cáin Adamnáin; claim that Colum Cille fnd ch (BCC)
Tech na ComairceOS 79
Tech Sason OS 71:16:4; EC eccl site (assoc with nos. 3472-4?); Templegaile; later Franciscan Third Order friary (1442)
Tempall Maol (2)OS 71:16:4
Tempall na gCaillech DubOS 7: possible early women's fndt later occ by med nunnery?
Tempall na Leicin OS 70
Temple Hill*OS 74: nec pre-reform? med par ch/chapel?
TobarOS 7
Tuaim Srutha OS 74; assoc with 'a St Raoiriu or Raoilinn' (Connellan); H.2.17 possibly NE Connacht 11 (or 12)thC; par Creagh, bar Moycarn? (Ó Riain 1985, xxxix-xl, 335)
Turlough OS 70
Uskane*OS 7: possibly an EC site? not certain