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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.
AghaleeOS 62, 67; possibly an EC site - bullaun; par. transferred from Down to Dromore diocese before 1546
AnnaghOS 15; possibly an EC site assoc with Mo-Chonna? Enga (qv) of meic Nessáin?
BallindoneyOS 82: possibly an EC site? second element of tld name domnach?
BallycahillOS 20: possibly an EC site - bullaun; but does P's Well refl any Patrician trad?
Ballykillbeg OS 37; possibly an EC site? evidence of enclosure?
Ballymenagh*OS 38; possibly an EC site? evidence of enclosure? uncertain
BallyorganOS 38; possibly an EC site?
BallyteerimOS 15; possibly an EC site - if 'fort' represents an eccl enclosure
BunacumOS 22; possibly an EC site assoc with St Donán (Killanin & Duignan)
Cell Chommáin/KilcommonOS 81: possibly an EC site assoc with Colmán?
Cell ChomnaidOS 31: possibly an EC site - bullaun
Cell ChuimmínOS 39: OS 81: possibly an EC site assoc with Cuimmíne?
Cell Eidne? (Cloghanower)OS 56: Cloch an Uabhair; possibly an EC site (Cell Eidne)
Cell Eithnepossibly an EC site assoc with native st?
Cell Epscoip Tairbínepossibly an EC site assoc with native st?
Cell Fhaeláinpossibly an EC site assoc with native st?
Cell Gobbáinpossibly an EC site assoc with native st?
Cell in iubairOS 81: Cill an Iúir - possibly an EC site?
Cell Mainchín?OS 88: Cill Mhinín; possibly an EC site assoc with Mainchín? (MacShamhráin)
Cell PhátraicOS 31: possibly an EC site; assoc with Patrick and Brigit
Cell PhátraicOS 51: possibly an EC site; assoc with Patrick
ClonakennyOS 23: possibly an EC site assoc with Cainnech?
Clonamullypossibly an EC site?
Clonfadpossibly an EC site?; another Clonfad in par Drumully?
ClonoseyOS 15: possibly an EC site
ClooneOS 30: possibly an EC site
Corgreaghpossibly an EC site? (dep on significance of d-shaped area)
Cráebach Bhán OS 44: possibly an EC site; Crevaghbane - later a Carmelite foundation (Gwynn & Hadcock)
Crevilly ValleyOS 37: possibly an EC site?
Crossbanepossibly an EC site; oval gvyd
CrossbaneOS 40: possibly an EC site
CrosserloughOS 32: possibly an EC site
Darver (Druim Derb?)or Derver - possibly an EC site? later a medieval par. ch?
DerrintinnyOS 14; possibly an EC site assoc with M'Áedóc
DerrycassanOS 13; possibly an EC site assoc with Cassán?
DerryOS 1: possibly an EC site?
DerryvonyOS 11; possibly an EC site?
Drum/KinnakillewOS 81; possibly an EC site assoc with Conall?
DrumnakillOS 5; possibly an EC site - bullaun
Eanachnr Tralee; possibly an EC site assoc with Brénainn; med. par ch
Galgormpossibly an EC site; souterrain, stdg stone
GallonreaghOS 38; possibly an EC site if circ gvd => enclosure
Gortacurraun (Gort an Chorráin)possibly an EC site? domnach element?
KilcoanOS 41; possibly an EC site assoc with Cuan? or Ciannán (Kilkenan)?; later appropriate to abbey of Kells
Kilfithmone*/Cell Fhia MúinOS 34: possibly an EC site?
Kilganny/Cell GhainimheOS 87: possibly an EC site?
KillaleenanOS 5; locally called Cruachan-Carrach; possibly an EC site assoc with Énán?
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
KillowenOS 5; locally called Coolalough; possibly an EC site assoc with Éogan?
KillOS 37; possibly an EC site; semi-circ gvyd may => enclosure
KillybanwayOS 33: Killybanway - loc name in par Racavan? possibly an EC site - enclosure?
KillycrappinOS 20, 25; possibly an EC site - if trad can be trusted
KillycroneOS 21; possibly an EC site; placename may preserve ref to Crón/Cróine
KilnacrossOS 14; possibly an EC site; 'here St Mogue baptised Aodh Dubh, the reigning monarch of Breiffne and the ancestor of the Ui Briuin race' (O'Connell)
KnockatempleOS 43; possibly an EC site; circ gvyd may => enclosure
KnockbrideOS 23; possibly an EC site - bullaun; possible assoc with Brigit (placename)?
Leganannypossibly an EC site - pillar stone
Liss MáeláinOS 38; possibly an EC site assoc with Máelán?; or to be identif with 'Lismolyn' of St. Malachy?
Machaire MíliucMachaire Míliuc (Uttony OS 40); possibly an EC site?
Mount IrvineOS 44: possibly an EC site later occ by Carmelite abbey?
MuldergOS 23: possibly an EC site - enclosure
OghillOS 14, 22: possibly an EC site? Éochaill? Later assoc with St Margaret?
Philipstownpossibly an EC site? (a later ch ruin & gvyd no. 966 adj)
Richardstownpossibly an EC site? - uncertain
Rossmakay (Ros mac Áeda?)possibly an EC site? possible connection with Meic Áeda/Áida (LL 369c 26, 40)?
Tamlaght/MagheranagawOS 62; possibly an EC site - assoc with St Patrick; before 17thC in dioc Down; belonged to abbey of Moville
Tech M'Áedóc?sheet 19: possibly an EC site assoc with M'Áedóc?
Templekieranpossibly an EC site assoc with Ciarán?
Templeshane*OS 35: possibly an EC site? not certain
Tinvoher*OS 35: possibly an EC site? not certain
Tulach BeigileOS 25: possibly an EC site? but 'St Bigill' a late (15/16thC?) invention derived from placename?
Turtulla*OS 47: possibly an EC site? not certain
Uskane*OS 7: possibly an EC site? not certain
Wheery (Kilwheery)possibly an EC site assoc with Ríóc?