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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.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.
Cell derce daimHogan 1910, 189, 686; Gwynn & Hadcock 1970, 336-7; Ó Riain 1985, 315; Brindley & Kilfeather 1993, 68
Cell diagh?/diad?Hogan 1910, 189; Price 1945-67, VII, 398
Cell DiarmataO'Donovan 1844, 485; Hogan 1910, 189
Cell Dímmae Archdall 1786, 423; Begley 1906, 117; Hogan 1910, 189
Cell DirmaigeHogan 1910, 189
Cell DolowanHogan 1910, 189
Cell DomnaigO'Daly 1852, 50; Hogan 1910, 189
Cell DomnaigO'Donovan 1844, 80; Hogan 1910, 189; Lacey 1983, 82, 316; Hayes 1998, 166
Cell DomnaillHogan 1910, 189
Cell Domnáin?Hogan 1910, 189
Cell DraignigeCarrigan 1905, II, 371-3; Hogan 1910, 189
Cell Draignige Hogan 1910, 189; Fitzmaurice 1970, 31-2; Brindley & Kilfeather 1993, 55
Cell DroichitHogan 1910, 189
Cell DroichitHogan 1910, 189, 355; MacShamhráin 1996, 200
Cell DromaHogan 1910, 189; Cuppage 1986, 267, 353
Cell Droma/Cell na MarbánHogan 1910, 189; Power 1932, 81; Power 2000, 441
Cell Droma GlaisHogan 1910, 189
Cell DromaHogan 1910, 189
Cell Droma LethainHogan 1910, 189
Cell DuibdúinHogan 1910, 189; Gwynn & Hadcock 1970, 207
Cell DúiligHogan 1910, 189; MacShamhráin 2005a, 140
Cell Duinsig (?)*Reeves 1847, 186; Hogan 1910, 189; Hamlin 1997, 55-6; Hughes 1999, 113-24
Cell dumai glinn*Archdall 1786, 551; Lanigan 1829, II, 233, 235; Cogan 1862, 125-6; Hogan 1910, 189, 190; Ó Corráin 1981, 329
Cell Epscoip DrónáinHogan 1910, 189, 191; Ó Riain 1985, 192 (n. 84), 315
Cluain DraignigeHogan 1910, 189, 261