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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.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.
Áth in eichHogan 1910, 63
Áth Irlomain*Hogan 1910, 63
Áth Ísil*Archdall 1786, 640; Hogan 1910, 63; Gwynn & Hadcock 1970
Cell Chennanach Westropp 1895, 268-70; Hogan 1910, 630; O'Flanagan 1927a, III, 318, 407-9; Robinson 1980; Gosling 1993, 92
Cellín Chéire?Hogan 1910, 635
Inis meic AdaimO'Flaherty 1684, 63-4; Hogan 1910, 631; Killanin & Duignan 1954, 130; Gosling 1993, 91
Inis Mór Locha GamnaArchdall 1786, 439-40; Hogan 1910, 631; MacNamee 1954, 98-100, 598; Ó Muraíle 1997, 204
Inis TuircO'Donovan 1844, 498; Knox 1904, 129; Hogan 1910, 631; Ó Muraíle 1997, 204
Na Seacht dTeampaillWestropp 1895, 262; Hogan 1910, 630; O'Flanagan 1927a, III, 385-97; Waddell 1973, 5-27; Robinson 1980; Gosling 1993, 107
St Mary'sReeves 1847, 60-1; Hogan 1910, 639
Tempall an Chethrair Álainn Westropp 1895, 261; Hogan 1910, 630; O'Flanagan 1927, III, 371-9; Leask 1960a, 177-8; Robinson 1980; Gosling 1993, 107
Tempall AsurnaigeBarry 1886, 491; Westropp 1895, 262; Hogan 1910, 630; O'Flanagan 1927a, III, 316, 370; Robinson 1980; Gosling 1993, 105-7
Tempall Átha deirg O'Flaherty 1684, 112-13; Hogan 1910, 630; O'Flanagan 1927, III, 74, 79; Killanin & Duignan 1954, 96; Gosling 1993, 110
Tempall CailléneO'Donovan 1844, 497; Hogan 1910, 630; Egan et al 2005, 418, 445-6
Tempall CarnaHogan 1910, 630; Lacey 1983, 246
Tempall CorcáinHogan 1910, 631
Tempall FáeláinHogan 1910, 631, 640
Tempall MarcáinO'Donovan 1844; Hogan 1910, 631
Tempall meic in tsáeirHogan 1910, 631; Swan 1988, 16; Kehnel 1997, 313-14 (n.177)
Tempall OdráinKilk Jnl, IV, 118, 133; Carrigan 1905, IV, 220-1; Hogan 1910, 631
Tempall RáthaHogan 1910, 631; O'Flanagan 1927, 39; Lacey 1983, 286-8
Tempall SencháinHogan 1910, 632; Lacey 1983, 288-9
Tempall Techáin (Tír Ua nGeintich)Carrigan 1905, iv, 265-6; Hogan 1910, 639, 673; Empey 1971, 127-8; Ó Riain 1985, 192 (n. 69), 334
Tempall UachtarReeves 1847; Hogan 1910, 632
Tendchill?Hogan 1910, 632
Tenga?Hogan 1910, 632
Termann CarrachArchdall 1786, 509; O'Donovan 1844; Hogan 1910, 632; Gwynn & Hadcock 1970
Termann Dá-BeoiccHogan 1910, 632
Termann DairbileO'Donovan 1844; Knox 1904, 340; Hogan 1910, 632; Henry 1937, 270-1; Sheehy 1962, I, 104; Herity et al 1997, 109 (fig), 114
Termann FeichínHogan 1910, 632
Termann FeichínArchdall 1786, 491; Hogan 1910, 632, 640; Stubbs 1911, 359; Davies 1944, 292-3; Roe 1954, 111-12; Lionard 1961, 101-2; Gwynn & Hadcock 1970, 324; Buckley 1986, 80, 82; Harbison 1992
Termann/Tempall CróineHogan 1910, 631; Rowan 1979, 268; Lacey 1983, 295, 306; Kelly 2002, 26; Lacey 2006, 81
Tipra ChóemginHogan 1910, 634; Jackson 1979-80, 155
Tipra DálachHogan 1910, 634
Tipra FhachtnaArchdall 1786, 377; Carrigan 1905, IV, 224-8; Hogan 1910, 634
Tipra mac nÉnnaHogan 1910, 634; Plummer 1910, II, 341; Ó Riain 1985, 334
Tipra Maige RáthaHogan 1910, 634
Tír ChóicirHogan 1910, 636; Ó Riain 1985, 334; MacShamhráin 1996, 182
Tír dá ChróebArchdall 1786, 574; Hogan 1910, 636; Ó Riain 1985, 195 (n. 160), 334; MacCotter 2004, 64
Tír dá GlasArchdall 1786, 676-7; Hogan 1910, 636; O'Flanagan 1930, II, 26-7; Gleeson & Gwynn 1962, 36-47; Killanin & Duignan 1967, 402; Gwynn & Hadcock 1970, 45; Ó Corráin 1973, 52-63; Harbison 1976, 108-11; Smyth 1982, esp 33; Ní Dhonnchadha 1982, 188; Swan 1983, 270; Ó Riain 1985, 199 (n. 241), 210 (nn. 667-8); Breatnach 1986, 46; Carey & Farrelly1994, 78-80; MacShamhráin 1996, 14, 180, 191 210, 211; Kehnel 1997, 82; Ní Chon Uladh 1999, 190-96; Farrelly & O'Brien 2002, 235
Tír GuaireHogan 1910, 637; Ó Riain 1985, 211 (n. 670.42), 334
Tír Nechtain (?)Murphy 1895; Hogan 1910, 638; Ó Riain 1985, 334
Tír ÓenaigHogan 1910, 638
TorachArchdall 1786, 105; Hogan 1910, 630, 642; Simington 1937, 114; Gwynn & Hadcock 1970, 46; Barrow 1979, 73-77; Lacey 1983, 296-8; Ó Riain 1985, 190 (note 16); Herbert 1988, 40, 170, 189, 192-3; Harbison 1992; Crumlish 1993, 24-5; Ó Floinn 1997, 154-5, 160, 172; Ó Muraíle 1997, 200; Kelly 2000, 53-63; O'Keeffe 2003; Lacey 2006, 89-90, 283-6
Tulach LaithimHogan 1910, 633
Tulach mac ComgaillHogan 1910, 633, 655, 656; Ó Riain 1985, 195 (n. 145), 196 (n. 187), 335
Tulach MadairHogan 1910, 633; Ó Riain 1985, 335, 336
Tulach Mór/Cell BrigteHogan 1910, 633, 657; Paterson 1982, 41
Tulach TúammaHogan 1910, 634