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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.
Alcrossagh*ch traces (reported by OS); gvyd possible; well site; cross?
Áth Garbáin*ch traces (med. par.); gvyd
Áth na hEasconn (Anahaskey)eccl site: 'The Raheen'; enclosure formerly; ch traces; well (site of)
Áth Truimmeccl site; ch traces (Manorl'd); ch ruin (Townpks Nth; med - St Patrick's) (nos 1452, 1518)
Baile an Termainn*eccl site; ch traces possible
Baile Átha ch traces?
Baile na gCaillech*ch site possible; ch traces in 'Chapel field'; stone font (used as trough)
Baile Uí Dhíonuige*?eccl site; ch traces possible
Ballyeaston*ch traces; gvyd (E of modern parish ch in village)
Ballykeel eccl site; ch traces (possibly early); gvyd (Chapel Field)
Ballyknockanech traces (part of S wall remains); gvyd site - on 1st ed OS map (no. 1811)
Ballymartin*ch traces; gvyd; remains of buildings
Bennchorch traces (early); cross-shaft (9-10thc?); sundial
Cappaghch traces; cross slab (inc into stone-built 'altar'); wells x 2 to SE (nos. 3321, 3519)
Carrickaboyeccl site; cross-slab; pillar stone? - decorated (now at Denn Glebe); ch traces? gvyd - rect; wells X2 (nos. 1617, 1618, 1636, 1747)
Carrownaseerch traces; cross-slab; bullaun ('St Patrick's stone'); Tau cross; gvyd - killeen (nos. 3330, 3490, 3690)
Cashelch traces (possibly med par ch), ch site ('monastery') to E; gvyd - roughly circular; well: 80m to W (nos. 3332-3, 3522)
Cell Afféineccl site; ch traces (at St. Saviours: Killafeen)
Cella (Kells)eccl site?; ch traces - barely discernible
Cell an Ardáinch traces; former gvyd; well: St Paul (O'Curry OSL)
Cell an Lóntaigh?eccl enclosure (probable - circular); ch traces? (possible); gvyd (killeen) in SE quadrant (nos. 3410, 3784)
Cell Ascait?encl (45 x 30m); gvyd; ch traces - possible; cross-slab - granite (broken)
Cell Báetáin (Kilbodan; Templeboodin)eccl site; bullaun; ch traces; gvyd; well: St. Boden (now vanished)
Cell Brigteeccl site; ch traces?; gvyd
Cell/Caill Uaillech? (Kiloola/Kilcallough)eccl site; ch traces formerly; bullaun 'St. Kevin's Cup'
Cell Chiaráineccl site; ch traces (Kilkieran?)
Cell Chluaine/Chluanaighch traces; cross-inscr stones x2; gvyd (nos. 3391-2)
Cell Chóemáineccl site (no. 1249; sheet 7); ch traces; gvyd; well
Cell Cholmáineccl site; ch traces?; gvyd
Cell Chrócháin/Daire Chrócháineccl site ('Kyle Cruitia' No. 732); encl traceable; ch traces; gvyd
Cell Dalláineccl site? circular gvyd; ch traces; cross-inscribed stone (lintel reused as headstone) (no. 1737)
Cell Epscoip (Killaspick)eccl site; ch traces possible (c. 1900)
Cell Epscoip Silláin (Anahaskey)ch site: 'The Raheen'; encl formerly; ch traces; well (site of)
Cell Fáe (Kilfea)eccl site; circular encl possible (45m dia); granite slabs x 2 (1 cross-shaped; crude); bullaun; ch traces; gvyd; well: Tubber Brighde nrby(O'Curry OSL)
Cell Fháeláineccl site; ch traces? (at St. Saviours: Killelane)
Cell Fhreime?eccl site?; ch traces? banks in 'The Bullock Park'
Cell Liath na Tuille (Killeen)eccl site? oval enclosure - possible church traces within
Cell Máele- (Cill Maol)ch traces; gvyd
Cell M'énóc?eccl site?; ch traces formerly
Cell Mo-Chuara/Mo-Chora?eccl site; encl circular; ch traces/gvyd (former) nr K. House
Cell Mor (Kilmore)eccl site; ch traces?
Cell na Cluaine (Kilnacloona)eccl site possible (no. 9201); ch traces possible
Cell na Manachgvyd; ch traces until 16thc (O'Curry, OSL); well: St Kevin
Cell Rónáineccl site: possible D-shaped encl (no. 1403); ch traces; gvyd site; stone stoup
Cell Toraidi (?)eccl site; pillar-stone (encirc cross: EC); ch traces (med par ch); gvyd; well: St Attracta (nos. 2654, 2686)
Cell Tulach eccl enclosure - sub-circular; ch traces; gvyd; well 100m to SSW (nos. 3427-8, 3560)
Cell Ua nGarrchoneccl site; ch traces?; bullauns x 4 (2 nr well, 2 - one multiple - in adj field); well: St Boodin's
Cetharlacheccl site? (ch traces at St Mary's CoI.? no. 544); gvyd x 2 rec. 17thc
Chapel Hoganeccl site?; gvyd; ch traces (formerly); Lady's Well (O'Curry OSL)
Chapel Island eccl site; enclosure; ch traces ('Templecrone'); earthworks
Chapelch traces; field 'The Churchyd'; well: St. Patrick
Clóenadeccl site; ch traces?; gvyd
Cloneeccl site; encl sub-circular; ch traces; gvyd
Clooneeccl site; enclosure - circular; ch traces (of earlier date) possible; 19thC ch & gvyd (no. 1628)
Cluain Ailbeeccl site; ch traces? (Cogan)
Cluain Chaín eccl site; ch traces ('St Medoc's'); gvyd (No. 901)
Cráeb Elpi eccl site; bullaun; ch traces; gvyd 'The Religeen'
Crosserlougheccl site? ch traces; enclosure? circular gvyd (no. 1634)
Curraghnagarraha eccl enclosure? circular gvyd; ch traces? ogam stone - possible (now lost) (no. 1344)
Dísert Chellaig (Monastery)eccl site?; ch traces now vanished
Dísert Uilaigeccl site; ch traces within double cashel
Domnach Máeláineccl site; ch traces (med) if Drumcaw
Domnach Mór Assieccl site; ch traces (No. 920)
Donacavey (Domnach?)eccl site?; ch traces; cross-shaft (St Patrick's Cross); bullaun (both lost)
Druim Caídheccl site; ch traces (OS 1840) 12thc doorway now at Wicklow
Drumnakillch traces; bullaun
Dunhill*ch traces (no. 1352) within rect encl
Edenburteccl site possible; oval gvyd; ch traces? (no. 1651)
Fothair na Manacheccl site; encl d-shaped; ch traces; clocháns x4; gvyd nr; calluragh nr
Gluaireeccl site?; ch traces; gvyd ('The Glore')
Inis Ercaeccl site: ch traces (Tempall Leoin); clochan encl by cashel; well: 'Tobar Leo'
Inis Ulad (Church Mt)eccl site; ch traces; well: St. Gad
Ísell Chiaráineccl site; ch traces (19thC); high cross: 'Bealin Cross'
Kilcarraeccl site?; ch traces; gvyd (O'Donovan, OSL)
Killabegeccl site?; ch traces; encl rect; well: Chapel Well
Killowengvyd (Killowen); ch traces; cross site nearby
Killyglen ch traces; gvyd
Knockbrackeccl site; encl possible; cross-inscr slabs x 4; horizontal millstone frag; ch traces (prob med); gvyd (nos. 2657, 2687, 2936)
Knockseera (C. Saigre?)ch traces (no. 772); gvyd; well (St Kieran); Syrebeg - Saigir Becc?
Knockseccl encl possible (semi-circ rough area); gvyd within; cross-slab (nos. 2909, 2609); ch traces - possible
Latton*ch traces (no. 1170)
Liss Mo-Cholmáin?eccl site?; ch traces; cross-base (possible); gvyd
Loughmansland*ch traces (no. 777: wall frag.); gvyd
Muldonagheccl site; enclosure; ch traces x 2 within
Newtown (Baile Ua Rónáin?)eccl site?; ch traces (15' x10'); gvyd 'Killigeen' (O'Curry OSL)
Ogdela (?)eccl site?; high-cross (base + frag head EC); ch traces (late med); architectural frags (late med); gvyd; well
Ráith Droma?eccl site; ch traces? (vague); graveslab; incised wheel cross (late medieval - from here?)
Ráith in Epscoipeccl site; ch traces; gvyd
Ráith meic Malaisch traces (no.1177)
Ros Finnglaiseeccl site; cross-incised slab; rd twr (extant pre 1838); ch traces (no. 796); well: St Brigit
Rossacheyneccl site; encl - oval (70 x 60); ch traces; gvyd
Senchelleccl site; ch traces nr castle (vanished: Mason); cross in lane
Shankilleccl site; enclosure - circular cashel; ch traces; gvyd
Solareccl site (excav Hurl); ch traces; gvyd (EC burials)
Sord Choluim Cilleeccl site; ch traces? rd twr; well: St Columb
Srón Áirích traces; bullaun; cross-inscr slab x 3; gvyd
St Michael-le-Poleeccl site; poss encl (100-200m diam); ch traces; rd twr (Ship St; demolished 18thc); gvyd (late 10th-early 11thc; adj Bride St)
Tech Conaill (Stagonnel)eccl site ('Churchtown'); ch traces overgrown; gvyd site; well: Mo-Ling
Tech Mo-Chua meic Lonaineccl site; ch traces; gvyd
Tech Scuithíneccl site; ch traces?
Tempall Maol (1)ch traces; gvyd ('Eskerstephen') - D-shaped (nos. 3470-1)
Tempall Michíl eccl site?; D-shaped area; ch traces; gvyd
Tickmacrevaneccl site; ch traces (possibly early); gvyd
Tuaim Srutha eccl enclosure - probable; ch traces ('Templereelane' - probably late med); gvyd - possible (nos. 3297-8)
Tulach Fortcheirn/Ua Feilmedaeccl site; cross-base (no. 608 - 10thC?); ch traces; well 'Lady Well'
Uim Gall*ch traces; gvyd