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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.DioceseThis records the medieval (not necessarily the same as the modern) diocese in which the foundation lies.
Achad ChuilinnKildare
Acragar (Foy church)*Kildare
Áth Garbáin*Kildare
Baile in Tempaill*Kildare
Baile na Cille*Kildare
Baile na Cille*Kildare
BallycommonKildare
BarreenKildare
Belach BuaidgeKildare
Brí DamKildare
Carna*Kildare
Castlebrack*Ossory? Kildare?
Cell Achaid Dromma FotaKildare
Cell Ailithri?Kildare
Cell Ausilli/AuxiliiKildare; Glendalough?
Cell Báetáin?Kildare?
Cell BeccKildare?
Cell Bithelan?Kildare
Cell BreccáinKildare
Cell Bríge/BrigteKildare?
Cell BrigteKildare
Cell BrigteKildare
Cell Chéili-CrístKildare
Cell ChiaráinKildare
Cell Chluana Ferta Mhongáin*Kildare
Cell Chóca/ChuacaKildare
Cell ChóemáinKildare
Cell ChondalaKildare
Cell Chorb[b]áin (Kilcorban?)Kildare
Cell Chorpaige?Kildare
Cell Chuanna?Kildare
Cell ChulainKildare
Cell dá IndennKildare
Cell DaraKildare
Cell Fhorannáin?Kildare
Cell Iain bicKildare
Cell Iain máirKildare
Cellín a Tóchair?*Kildare
CellínKildare
Cellín (Killeen)*Kildare
Cellín Mór*Kildare
Cell Iúrín? Kildare
Cell M'Áedóc?Kildare
Cell Maignenn*Kildare
Cell Meic-Caille?Kildare
Cell Menóc? (Kilmanoge)Kildare
Cell Mo-ChuaKildare
Cell Mo-lide?Kildare
Cell Mo-Lomma?Kildare
Cell MórKildare
Cell MuineKildare
Cell NáisKildare
Cell Osc?*Kildare
Cell Rátha Dairthi?*Kildare
Cell Rátha dorcha?Kildare
Cell RígnaichKildare
Cell RoisKildare
Cell Ua duirrtheKildare
Cell Ua MaigechKildare
Cenn Leccaig/LeccachKildare
ClóenadKildare
CloncreenKildare
Cluain AíthgeinKildare
Cluain Bolg?Kildare
Cluain Bróin?Kildare
Cluain Chaín CholmáinKildare
Cluain ChiaráinKildare
Cluain Chóemáin?* (Clonkeevan)Kildare
Cluain ChoirinnKildare?
Cluain Chonaire MáelduibKildare
Cluain Chonaire TommáinKildare
Cluain daimKildare
Cluain dá thorc?Kildare
Cluain domailKildare
Cluain ferta MongáinKildare
Cluain ferta MugaineKildare
Cluain Guaire?*Kildare
Cluain Mór LíthgeinKildare
Cluain na SlígeKildare
Cluain SenbothKildare
Cluain SostaKildare
CnoitteKildare
CoíneKildare
Congbáil (Conull)Kildare
Cruachán Bríg ÉileKildare
Cúil Bennchair Kildare
Cúil BreccáinKildare
Cúil ChorraKildare
Daingean*Kildare
Daire meic MargaKildare
Dísert Átha mac MugnaKildare
Dísert FulartaigKildare?
Dísert OdráinKildare?
Domnach Dega?Kildare
Domnach ÉochailleKildare
Domnach Mór an Athechda?Kildare
Domnach Mor Maige RétaKildare
Druim AirbrechKildare
Druim Aurchaille/UrchailleKildare
Druim DóitheKildare?
Druim FertainKildare
Dún BileKildare
ErnaideKildare
ErnaideKildare
Faithche [Chiaráin]Kildare?
Fid ChuilinnKildare
ImganKildare
Imlech FornochtaKildare
Inis Beoáid (Beoáin?)Kildare
Inis BreisléinKildare
Inis FualaKildare
Inis RobartaigKildare
Kilcorra?Kildare
Killeen/Cellín?*Kildare
Killeighter/Cell Íchtair?Kildare
LilcachKildare
Loughmansland*Kildare
Methas CailleKildare?
Portnahinch*Kildare
RahoKildare
Ráith BrígteKildare
Ráith DallbrónaichKildare
Ráith DerthaigeKildare
Ráith MórKildare
Ráith ScanlaigeKildare
Ros FinnglaiseKildare
Ros GlaisKildare
Ros IarnglaisKildare?
RúscachKildare
Senchua Kildare
Sendomnach Feda Éoin Kildare
Tech Do-Chua meic NemainKildare
Tech FidnatanKildare
Tech Maíle-aithginKildare?
Tech Mo-Chua meic LonainKildare
Tempall Corróc?Kildare
TemplekieranKildare
Templeshenane*Kildare
Tipra DálachKildare
Tír ChóicirKildare
Tulach FabraKildare
TullyKildare