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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.
Baile an Chnocáinch site?; cross-slab; calluragh (gvyd)
Baile an tSagairteccl site; circ encl; ogam stones x10; ch site (An Lisín); gvyd (An Cheallúnach/calluragh)
Baile Bhiocáireeccl site; circ encl; ch site; clochán?; calluragh (gvyd); leacht; cross-inscr stone; standing stones
Baile Dháith*well (Tobar Chiaráin); calluragh (gvyd) in Ballynabuck
Baile Meánachcalluragh (gvyd); wells (Tobar Rí an Domhnaigh; T. Darerca)
Baile Mhic an Dailleccl site? circular encl; calluragh (An Seabhac; gvyd); well (Tobar Aonfhirt: holy?)
Ballooreccl site? enclosure (semi-circ); gvyd 'Calluragh' (No. 1762 & 1763)
Ballykissanecalluragh (gvyd: Kilbrack/Cell Bhrecc)
Ballyknockanch site; cross-inscr stone; cross (plain granite); gvyd (calluragh: 'The Reilg') excav when area flooded
Ballynakillyeccl site? semicirc encl; bullaun possible; calluragh (gvyd: Gortakilleen); wells x2
Barneswell (Toberenny) (No. 1651); gvyd (calluragh: no. 1768)
Becc Iniseccl site? cross-slab; leacht; ch ruin (oratory); hut; calluragh (gvyd)
Binn Bháineccl site?; sub-circ encl; cross-inscr slab; stone cross; hut; calluragh
Blascaod Móreccl site; ch site; cross-inscribed stone; calluragh (gvyd); well (Tobar na Croise)
Cathair Bhernacheccl site? D-shaped encl; cross-inscr slab; calluragh (gvyd); well: Fínán
Cathair Leithmhuilleanneccl site? cross-slabs x3; calluragh (gvyd)
Cell Áedagvyd/calluragh
Cella (Kells)calluragh (gvyd); traces of bldg
Cell an Urdráinch site?; calluragh (gvyd)
Cell Chaurnáin?gvyd (calluragh)
Cell Chlochairgvyd/calluragh
Cell Chóemrachch ruin (oratory - sm); calluragh (gvyd); well nrby
Cell Chuille (Craig)gvyd/calluragh
Cell Chumnachta?ch ruin; oval stone-walled encl; bullaun; calluragh (gvyd)
Cell Draignecheccl site; oval encl; ogam stone; shrine; holed stone + stone cross; uninscr pillar x2 (Cool West); huts x5; calluragh (gvyd)
Cell Eiltíneeccl site; ch ruin; encl; rect building x2; circ hut; cross-inscribed stone (Cloch na Croise); calluragh (gvyd)
Cell Fhaeláineccl site (poss); calluragh (gvyd)
Cell Fhintaineccl site; d-shaped encl; ogham stone (Finten inscr in Roman lett); bullaun; ch ruin; hut; calluragh (gvyd); well adj
Cell Gobnaitech ruin; ogam stone; circ cells; calluragh (gvyd) adj; holy well
Cellín Liath?eccl site? cross-inscr ogam stone (Gallán an Chillín); calluragh (gvyd)
Cell Mhic an Domhnaigheccl site; enclosure; cross-slab; cross-inscribed stone; stone cross; ch site? (Páirc na Croise); clochán; calluragh (gvyd); souterrain; well
Cell Mór Farranreagh*ch ruin (med); calluragh (gvyd)
Cell na Bernangvyd/calluragh
Cell na clochángvyd/calluragh
Cell na gCléireachch site?; calluragh (gvyd) adj
Cell na gColmáneccl site; enclosure; ogham stone; bullaun; cross-inscribed stone; ch site; huts; calluragh (gvyd); well
Cell Ó an Chathaigheccl site; calluragh (gvyd)
Cell Oirbhelaicheccl site? cross-slab; oratory; leacht; calluragh (gvyd); hut; well
Cell Ó Luaigheccl site? oval encl; gable-shrine; calluragh (gvyd); leacht; holed stone; pillar stone
Cell Orrluchta?eccl site?; gvyd (calluragh x 3); holy well x 2 (K. West)
Cenn Ardch ruin ('Reglaish Ch': med); gvyd (calluragh?); wells: Tobar na Stéilleach/Tobar Muire/Tobar Michíl (K. West)
Ceppach na gCrannch ruin (oratory); calluragh (gvyd); poss souterrain
Cillíneachirreg oval site; calluragh (gvyd); gravemarkers
Cluain eccl site; circ encl; cross-inscr pillar x2; calluragh (gvyd); leacht; bullaun x2; well nrby: St Colmán
Coill Bhaile Uí Fhlaithimh*unclassif site; calluragh - circular (gvyd)
Com Dhíneoleccl site? clochán? cross-slabs; calluragh (gvyd)
Com na Cillecalluragh (gvyd); clochán poss
Corracalluragh (gvyd); well
Craili ch site?; oval encl; clochan; calluragh (gvyd); leachts x2; cross-slab
Dairecalluragh (gvyd) D-shaped; well site
Druim Caoreccl site; enclosure - approx circ; cross-inscr ogam stone; calluragh (gvyd)
Druim in Iubair(?)gvyd/calluragh
Druim Mórcalluragh (gvyd); well
Duagh/Cell Chumnachta?ch ruin; oval stone-walled encl; bullaun; calluragh (gvyd)
Eightercua*ch ruin (med); calluragh (gvyd)
Faithche (Faiche)ch site possible; stone-walled encl (14.5x13m); cross-slabs x2; calluragh (gvyd) x2; boulder
Farraniaragh*eccl site (poss); calluragh circular (gvyd)
Feaghmaan/Fíoch Meáincalluragh (gvyd); possible leacht; hut
Fearann na Cillech site; encl (34x17.6m); Kyle gvyd; calluragh
Fenitch site; gvyd; calluragh
Ferann na gCléirecheccl site?; calluragh (gvyd); cross-inscr slab
Fíoch Meáincalluragh (gvyd); possible leacht; hut
Formoyleeccl site? bullaun; gvyd/calluragh
Fothair na Manacheccl site; encl d-shaped; ch traces; clocháns x4; gvyd nr; calluragh nr
Garranebane (An Garrán Bán)eccl site?; leacht; stone cross; beehive-huts; gvyd; calluragh adj
Glenn Laímcalluragh (gvyd); stone cross; holy well adj
Glennta, Naeccl site; encl circular(34x31.5m); ch site possible; calluragh (gvyd); cross-slabs; well
Gowlaneeccl site? enclosure semi-circ; ogam stone (poss. 2); graveslab; calluragh (gvyd)
Illaunakilla (Oilén na Cille)calluragh (gvyd)
Kildurrihy (Cell a ru)eccl site; circular encl; bullaun possible; ch site; calluragh; well (K. West)
Lecc*ch site (med.); calluragh (gvyd)
Leitiroval platform; calluragh (gvyd); ogam stone; leacht
Less Chainnich? (Liskenny)gvyd/calluragh
Liss Dergáin?eccl site? circular encl; ch site?; cross-inscr pillar; bullaun; calluragh; well
Lockstown*gvyd (calluragh); cross (granite - simple)
Oilén an Phocáingvyd (calluragh); clochán
Oilén Ros Móreccl site? circ encl; gvyd (calluragh); well
Riasceccl site (excav by Fanning); encl (oval); wooden ch - traces; cross-inscr stone; cross-slab; clocháns; gvyd (calluragh)
Rinn Airdcalluragh (gvyd); beehive-huts; stone cross
Rinn Chonaillch site?; subrect encl; beehive huts?; stone cross; calluragh (gvyd)
Tempall an Chaisilch ruin (oratory); gvyd/calluragh adj 'Templecashel'
Tempall na Cillech ruin (Templenakilla; cyclopean, no mortar); gvyd/calluragh
Tír Ua Máil (?)eccl site?; cross-slab; ogam stone; gvyd/calluragh
Tobar Mo-Chuillegvyd/calluragh; well T. Mo-Chuille
Tobar Olla Bhrénainneccl site; cross-slab; stone crosses x 3; poss leacht; gvyd/calluragh; well