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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.
Baile Chuthláin/Chuthlacháin?in terra de U Flan (Uí Fáeláin); abbatial possess of Glendalough; loc of Uí Chuthlacháin < Uí Bairrche? (Rawl B 502 121bc)
Baile Lommáinabbatial possess of Glendalough; identif as old burial gd, Lemonstown (Shearman); St Loman's, Ballybought, Co Kildare 1m distant
Cell ChoímilleCoímell represented as sister of Cóemgen (LL); abbatial possess of Glendalough
Cell Chuaca/Chuaichi?abbatial possess of Glendalough; Cuach pupil of Mac-Táil - distinct from Coca of Cell Chóca (qv) Co Kildare?
Cell Epscoip Silláin (Anahaskey)abbatial possess of Glendalough; Cell Eps Silláin to be identif with Anahaskey/Áth na hEasconn? (Price)
Cell Fhinn Maige (Killynee)in Uí Enechglais/Fortuatha L.; among episcopal & abbatial possess of Glendalough (not C. Neimid: Hogan, 208); = Domnach Mór Finn Maige (LL 374)?
Cell Impodiseemingly nr Killynee/Kilcashel; (not C. Nua Rodi: Hogan, 208); among abbatial possess of Glendalough
Cell moccu Birnabbatial possess of Glendalough; Nem mch Birn alias Pupu or Cailbe - putative br. of Ciarán Saigre
Cell moccu Buadáin (?)in terra Wyglo; abbatial possess of Glendalough; link with Uí Buidéin? (< Múscraige LL 323gb 34)
Cell moccu Lugair/Cellín Ua Lugairabbatial possess of Glendalough; loc. 'ex altera parte montium'; see Dinn Flatha Ceneóil Lugair
Cell Mo-Channócabbatial possess of Glendalough; in Uí Théig/Othe; Mo-Chuanóc Gl. dá Locha (=Mo-Chonnóc?: LL 368b 32); M of Cell Mucraisse (qv)
Cell Mo-Díchon (?)abbatial possess of Glendalough; Mo-Dícu 18 Dec Mart.T
Cell Mo-Libboabbatial possess of Glendalough; Mo-Libbo in familia Coemgeni (LL 372c 53, 373a 62, 373b 48)
Cell na Manachin Uí Máil?; abbatial possess of Glendalough
Cell Ua nGarrchonamong abbatial possess of Glendalough; Báetán subj to Cóemgen; see Cell Garraisce
Deircne Mo-Gorrócotherwise Deilgne M.; M putatively br of Mo-Chonnóc; in familia Coemgeni; abbatial possess of Glendalough
Dún Airdamong abbatial possess of Glendalough
Dún Lobáinamong abbatial possess of Glendalough
Glenn FaidleM's mother putatively sr of Cóemgen; in familia Coemgeni (LL); abbatial possess of Glendalough
Glenn Munirein Uí Briúin Chualann; among abbatial possess of Glendalough; otherwise Oldconnaught = Dún Mór of Sillán?
Inber DoíleDaccán in familia Coemgeni; St. Patrick's well in adj tld Ballinvally; abbatial possess of Glendalough
Inis Ulad (Church Mt)Critán (m Illadon?) subj to Cóemgen; abbatial possess of Glendalough; Sliab Gad => 'St. Gad'; same as Inis Doimle (Mart.O note - but erroneous?)
Ráith Donnabbatial possess of Glendalough if Villa Udunetha (Baile Ua Dúnchada); early fndt? dedic to St Crispin => church reform infl?
Ráith Salachamong abbatial possess of Glendalough
Tech Mo-Chua meic Lonainamong abbatial possess of Glendalough
Tech Mo-Laca/Mo-Loceamong abbatial possess of Glendalough; Mo-Laca of Cork - Fir Maige Féine?
Tobaramong abbatial possess of Glendalough; later a medieval par ch?