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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.
Archerstownsub-oval form of gvyd sugg enclosure
Ard Dúinin Uí Felmeda; possibly early fndt (note encl) - later med par ch
Ard nUrchairsm ch dedic to St B 'Teach Brighde' formerly stood in tld (OSNB, 41); quadrantal form of gvyd sugg encl (Swan)
BallindoonOS 34: Ballindown; possible EC site - enclosure? later occ by Dominicans
Ballycahillroecurve visible in enclosing wall of gvyd sugg encl
BallydorganOS 36: probably the 'cillin' on Feehy's farm 'unmkd by mound or enclosure' (Power 1932)
Ballykillbeg OS 37; possibly an EC site? evidence of enclosure?
Ballymenagh*OS 38; possibly an EC site? evidence of enclosure? uncertain
BallyteerimOS 15; possibly an EC site - if 'fort' represents an eccl enclosure
Baytownpossible EC site? (archae feature: d-shaped encl)
BeefanOS 80:12:4 - sm encl a hermitage? womens' foundation? Leac 'na mbonn' or 'na mban'?; directly aligned with Sen Glend (qv; MacSh)
Brettan OS 45; Granted to see of Down by de Courcy 1178; possibly EC? evidence of enclosure? uncertain
CaherbaroulOS 60: note ringfort & 2 possible souterrains in SE quadrant of enclosure (nos. 8109, 8971-2)
CarracOS 44: EC site? circ gvyd => enclosure? (also Carrick par Conwal, Mevagh, Tullaghobegly)
CashelOS 6: circular gvyd => inner encl
Castlemacadamlate medieval ch? replacing Templelusk? named fr Thos fitz Adam? But road-curve => encl?
Cell BeccáinEC site assoc with Beccán? semicirc form of gvyd sugg encl; later Cistercian foundation
Cell Bla? (Kilbla)British foundation? encl sub-circular (possible) 30m diam
Cell Brigtein dnry Mullingar; no evid of encl, but destr of site by building roads through gvyd (early 19thC?; see Cogan)
Cell Brigte? (Kilbrideglynn)possible EC site (oval encl)
Cell Cathrach OS 18; orig fndt within a stone encl - cathair? later par ch of Kilcaragh
Cell Chaisil (Kilcashel)EC site sugg by enclosure; nr Killaveney (qv), Co Wicklow
Cell ChócaSite not in Arch Invent; possibly one of several small encl demolished 1968; perh assoc with C. Choca (qv) Co Kildare? Brigidine connection?
Cell (d)eglan(?)possible EC site; note encl; association of souterrain? link with Killeglan (qv), Co Rosc?
Cell Duráin? (Kildoran)EC site sugg by encl etc (sheet 18); posssible assoc with Durán Eps (LL 365f 21); or from Ó Doráin family (jurists)?
Cell Fhinnche? OS 35, Aerial photo: encl Sub-triangular; Toberboe assoc. Mo-Bae?
Cell Fhlannáin?OS 35: oval gvyd => inner encl? Cell (Flannáin?) - F of Cell Do-Lua (qv)
Cell Laisrenr L. Macnean; enclosure 'earthen rath 18ft thick' (Archdall); later a par ch; Skreen plname in par
Cell Liath na Tuille (Killeen)possible EC site? (enclosure; sheet 32); kwn as 'Killeen'; assoc with St. Cornán? trad or speculation?
Cell Lucáinquadrantal form of gvyd sugg encl; assoc with Luchán diaconus? (LL 366e 7) Etchén of Cluain fota Báetáin Aba (qv)?
Cell mac nOdráin?OS 16; possible EC site (encl) assoc with meic n-Odráin (LL)?
Cell Muire?EC site (encl etc); later med par of Virgin Mary - but need this have any implications for pre-reform Marian cult?
Cell na ManachOS 26: nr Bile Féichíne; note enclosure to NE; poss EC site, later an Augustinian 'cell'
Cell na RáthaOS 31: ráith/encl => poss EC site?
Cell Phátraic?quadrantal form of gvyd sugg encl; assoc with Patrick/Patrician cult? nr Castletowndelvin?
Cell RuadhOS 10: possible EC site? D-shaped gvyd => encl?
Chapelearly fdn? tld Kilpatrick adj; date uncertain OS 36:9:1; large encl 100m diam nearby
Cookstownpossible EC site? (enclosure)
Cúil na Méaragán OS 87: prob med par ch, but shape of gvyd may indic inner encl => EC site
Dísert Máele-Tuilecurve of fence line to E, low line of earthworks to S => encl; granted to Abbey of St Thomas before 1202
Doras (Newmills)encl surr C.o.I. church
Drumroe*OS 80: eccl settlement or pilgrimage-stop? (but note drystone encl)
Drumshane OS 10, possible EC site (enclosure)
Fenniscourtencl may indic EC foundation
FleenstownEC site: oval encl
Fochladoval form of gvyd sugg encl; identif of Faughalstown with Fochlad not conclusive
Foibrénecurve of field-fences to NE & NW sugg encl; confusion in record - see also Foibréne, Co. Sligo
Fothair na Manachprob an EC site: encl, clocháns, assoc with Brénainn
GallonreaghOS 38; possibly an EC site if circ gvd => enclosure
Gowlanenote oval enclosure 30 x 58m nrby
GrangeOS 86: An Ghráinseach; oval gvyd => inner encl?
Grenóccpossible EC site (encl?); perhaps G. of Ráithbressal Synod?; not G. to which Ua Briain hosted 1113 (Ann.Ult; Ann.FM)?
Inchmore OS 46: possibility that oval gvyd reflects inner encl?
Inis Chobthaig?indication of enclosure in quadrantal form of gvyd; poss assoc with Cobthach of Achad Inaich (qv), Co Cavan?
Inis Eidnech? (Inis Ní)OS 58: at mouth of Owenmore River; sub-circ gvyd => inner encl?
Kilblockentriple encl outer diam 70m - associated?; land belong to Glendalough 12thc; Cill Bleachtáin - ch of sowthistle (Price), or assoc with Blocc(án) sacerdos (LL)?
Killadoughransemi-circular form of gvyd sugg enclosure
KillanOS 28; possibly an EC site; circ gvyd may => enclosure; dedic to St Anne perhaps Anglo-Norman
KilloughterOS 16; possibly an EC site; oval gvyd may => enclosure
KillOS 37; possibly an EC site; semi-circ gvyd may => enclosure
Killuacurving sections of gvyd wall sugg circular enclosure
KillybanwayOS 33: Killybanway - loc name in par Racavan? possibly an EC site - enclosure?
Cill Mágh Cearóg?OS 69: irreg encl with gvyd in N half 1842 OS map, but oval encl with gvyd in NE quadrant 1904 & 1940 maps; Cill Mágh Cearóg (church of the plain of the young stag)
KnockatempleOS 43; possibly an EC site; circ gvyd may => enclosure
Knockatemplepossible EC site (encl, bullaun); later med ch in Arbp's tenement of Castlekevin; distinct fr Daire Guaire (qv)
KnockrourOS 60: pillar stones within encl removed by landowner 19thC; 3 possible ogam stones & souterrain assoc with site? (Power)
Lady's Islandpossible EC site (enclosure?) Marian devotion in EI Ch; but perhaps post- Norman re-dedic - unclear
Lecc bladmacircular form of gvyd sugg enclosure
LecksOS 23 possible EC site -encl?
MuldergOS 23: possibly an EC site - enclosure
Portaliff or TownparksOS 19; possible EC site; encl (hachured arc on OS map - not visible on ground)
Racaulfieldoval gvyd => inner encl? => EC site?
Ráith Áedaoval form of gvyd sugg encl; otherwise Tempall Áeda; feast of Áed Mart.O (10 Nov); see also Cell Áir
Ráith Brantld Rathbran divided - eccl remains in Goldenfort; circ platform => 'raised area'; circ form => inner encl?
Ráith Garb?oval form of gvyd sugg encl; assoc of L & D with this site tentative - perh R Garb (qv), Co Dublin
Ráith in Epscoipon bank of L. Glyn; road pattern sugg enclosure
Ráithín Uí Bhuaighpossible EC site - if enclosure valid
Ráith Mór Maige Line*OS 50; site assoc with royal rath?; possibly early if oval encl is eccl in character
Reiligín (Relickeen)EC fndt? date unkwn, but enclosure => early; field name 'Relickeen'..
Reynellaindic of encl in quadrangular form of gvyd
Scairt OS 22: d-shaped gvyd => inner encl => EC date?
Selskar*possible EC site (encl)? replaced by Augustinian fndt; St Selskar an invention (Old Norse 'Seal Rock')
Shanlispossible EC site? former encl (liss)? OS 17
ShesheraghmoreOS 10: circular gvyd => (inner?) enclosure?
St Kieran'spossible EC site (sheet 45) assoc Ciarán (of Saigir?); no evid of encl; in mod par Ballycullane
Tamlacht Máil-Rúain (Tallaght)otherwise T. Librén; lead house of Céli Dé; Less Caillech (womens' encl) here or Cell na n-Ingen? links with Cluain Brónaig/Cell Íte (qqv)
Tempall Átha deirg OS 618: oval gvyd => inner enclosure? EC site? nr stream flowing into Streamstown Bay
Tempall Cormaic (Toberdoney)OS 31; EC site (encl)?; Toberdoney may contain Domnach element; assoc with C. ua Liatháin? (assoc with Comgall of Bangor)
Templelinecircular encl => early date
Trinity IslandOS 20: possible EC site if oval gvyd => encl; other ruins rep Priory of Loch Uachtar, founded 1237
Tristernaghoval form of gvyd sugg encl; later site of Tristernagh Abbey (see Archdall); shrine comp with Soiscél Mo-Laisse of Devinish
Tullaghyrory*OS 5: possible EC site? circ gvyd could => enclosure
Cell EricínEnclosure not indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map but is shown on the 1919 edition, where it is named is named ‘Killerrikeen'