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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.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.
Cell Bercheirteccl enclosure; ch site (Kyles of Berrihert); crosses; cross-carved slabs; well
Cell Brigtech site (excav Kilbride-Jones); grave-slabs x2 ('Rathdown' types, one bearing pair of Greek crosses: 10-11thC?); encl (square)
Cell Bruaineeccl site; stone crosses x2 (unringed cross 9thC?); gvyd; ch ruin (15th/16thC); well SW of ch (ded. to St Brigit, orig Brónach)
Cell Cailchínech site (Kilculliheen? 12thC ch of Augustinian canonesses)
Cell Chiaráineccl encl (sub-circ 42 x 46m); high crosses x 3 (decorated); bullauns; well
Cell Clispín/Ahennyeccl site (Kilclispeen); high crosses x2 (9thc?); gvyd
Cell Duráin? (Kildoran)eccl site (no. 1156); encl circ (70m); crosses x2 (granite: early?); bullaun (rec 19thc); gvyd; Doran's well
Cell Fhinnabrachch ruin; high-crosses (11th-13thC); gvyd; well
Cell Ghobnait (Inis Oírr )eccl enclosure - possible (curving gvyd wall); ch ruin (EC oratory 'Cill Ghobnait'); bullauns x2 W & SSE; leachts x3; clochan WSW (nos. 552, 375)
Cell Ingen Baítheccl site; ch ruin (antae => early? rebuilt c.1230?); rd twr (base); stone crosses; wells x 2
Cell mac-Laisrech site (EC - Kilmaclasser Ch); ch ruin (med); gvyd
Cenn Eichch ruin; stone crosses; gvyd; well: 'T Rí an Domnaigh'
Church Island/Oilén an Tempailleccl site; enclosure (0.5 acre); ch ruin (oratory: early?); ogam-inscr cross-slab (7thC?); cross-slab x2; stone crosses; gvyd site; hut
Clochar mac nDaiminieccl site; crosses x 3; bullauns
Cloghinny*?ch site? ('Shankill Field'); cross-carved boulder (2x crosses); souterrain
Clonegalleccl site (No. 548); fosse & bank; gvyd; well: St Brigit (no. 633)
Cluain Chaíneccl site; ch ruin; gvyd.; crosses; slab; bullaun; wells x 2: St Mogue?
Cluain Chathaeccl site; grave-slab (cross-inscr: EC); high crosses x 2; ch ruin; gvyd (No. 1539)
Cluain Eoiseccl site (Crossmoyle): ch ruin; rd twr; gvyds (no. 1160) x 2; high crosses x 2; house-shaped shrine
Cluain Mór Áeda eccl site; crosses x 2; cross-inscr stones x 19; ogam stone; bullaun x 2 (no. 483, 504); well: 'St Mogue' (OSL 1837, 113)
Cluana/Cl. Airbch site oblit; high-crosses x 4 (frags)
Congbáil Glinne Suileidieccl site; cross-slabs/pillar-stones with inc. crosses x 18 (EC); ch ruin (No. 1542); altar base; gvyd; well
Dísert Éicnicheccl site; cross-inscr slabs x4 (No. 1569); stone crosses; ch site (Greenhill ch); gvyd
Doonaltch site (No. 1547); cross-inscr slab/pillar stone - undressed; leacht
Druim Fiaideccl site; ch ruin; gvyd; crosses (no. 553)
Dún Lethglas/Dún dá Lethglaiseeccl enclosure; stone crosses (9-10thc?); rd twr (demolished 1780's); Romanesque carving - frags; gvyd
Ecclas gvyd; crosses x 2 (I early base)
Ernaideeccl site; ch ruin; gvyd; crosses x 3 (no. 495; see OSL 1839, 29)
Fernaeccl site (no. 1445); encl (sub-circular); gvyd; high crosses (x 3), cross-base
Friarstowneccl site: enclosure (def by earthwork, ditch and fosse); ch ruin ('Friary')
Gabal Liúineccl site; ch ruin; stone crosses
Gortgarriff (Cell Chaitigerna)ch ruin; gvyd; stone cross just SSE of ch (nos. 3138, 3217, 2624)
Greenaneccl encl (traces); pillar-stone (carved crosses: EC); ch ruin nrby (nos. 2635, 2682)
Inis Tuaisceirteccl site; ch ruin; clochán; encl; gvyd; stone crosses; leacht; well; huts
Inis Úasal/Ausilli?eccl site; encl; ch ruin (oratory); cross-slab x2 (one ogam inscr); stone crosses; gvyd site
Irairdeccl site: bullaun poss; stone crosses; well: St Fiachra
Kilbracken/Kilnabritogeeccl site; bullaun (no. 491); ch ruin; gvyd; plain crosses
Leithglenneccl site; present cathedral 13thc (no. 587); crosses x 2 (nos. 513-4); well St Molaise's (no. 646)
Liath Mancháineccl site; encl; grave-slabs x2 (encirc crosses); ch ruin (+ another encl ch ruin adj); well: Tobar Mancháin
Mainistir Buitieccl site; triple encl (cropmks; oval - 59 acres); high crosses x3; bullaun; grave-slabs x2; rd twr; ch ruin; gyvd; souterrains x3 (No. 954)
Malin Beg/Templecavaneccl site poss (no. 1595); ch ruin (Templecavan 3.6 x 1.8m); cross-slab x2 (one with crosses cut on two faces); gvyd (killeen) nrby
Na Seacht dTeampailleccl complex: ch ruins x2 ('Teampall Bhreacáin' enlarged EC oratory - 'Teampall Phóill'/'T an Phuill' to SW); other (eccl?) buildings x8; high-crosses x3; leabaí x5; wells x2 (nos. 601-3, 349, 838, 754, 1018, 635-7)
Obaireccl site; cross-base EC; crosses x2 (solid-ring, shaft); cross-slab; ch ruin (late med) (No. 1470)
Oilén Dachruinne ch ruin (EC oratory); gvyd; well - possible 30m to SSE (no. 536)
Ráith Cungach site (Racoo; Ard Roissen - Tírechán); gvyd (killeen); well (No. 1518)
Ráith Rígbairtenclosure - triple fossed
Rochuileccl encl: cross-inscr slabs x 9 (two with Greek crosses - 8thC or earlier?); oratory; ch ruin (Templecavan); stone cells x 2 (one poss guesthouse - MH); well (Tober Murria) (No. 1603)
Recles Coluim Cille*ch site poss (N side of Abbey St - Templecolumkilly/Bore ne trian Sassenach 1614?); gvyd
Shanbally 1eccl encl possible (defined by oval area, bank and fosse); bullaun (no. 1429)
Sléibte (Sletty)eccl site; granite crosses x 2; ch ruin - late med. (no. 799); well: 'Tober Feeg'
Tech Mo-Sacru (Tassagart)eccl site; cross-slab (double-headed shaft, ringed crosses: 10thC?); bullaun; gvyd; wells (adj tlds Boherboy, Slade) St Patrick, St Senan
Tempall Chrónáineccl site: encl (traces); ch ruin (trabeate doorway, carved heads => 12thC); high-cross (shaft); stone crosses (marking termon?); tomb shrines x 2; well
Tobar Olla Bhrénainneccl site; cross-slab; stone crosses x 3; poss leacht; gvyd/calluragh; well
Tugnedaeccl site; high crosses x2 - 'Village Cross' & 'Terrace Cross' (removed from chyd to Tynan Abbey demense with 2 others from Glenarb 1844)
Tulach na nEpscopeccl site; grave-slabs x3 ('Rathdown' type: 10-12thC?); crosses X 2 (12thC?); ch ruin (Romanesque arch)