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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.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 Mhic an Dailleccl site? circular encl; calluragh (An Seabhac; gvyd); well (Tobar Aonfhirt: holy?)
Cell Adgaireccl site; circular encl (traces); grave-slab x2 ('Rathdown' types: 10-11thC?); cross-base; ch ruin (med); gvyd; well
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 in daingin?eccl site?; circular enclosures (outer & inner)
Cellín?eccl site possible; circular encl (110m diam) formerly in tld; gvyd site
Cell Móreccl site?; circular encl (dia 40.5m); cross-slab
Cell Muadáin?eccl site (no. 771); circular encl (discernible pre-1900); gvyd
Cell Rossáineccl site? (lrg circular encl 1842 OS map); ch site (no visible trace); gvyd (no. 5749);
Cell tSillóc?eccl site; circular encl(aerial photo); gvyd site
Clondalevercircular encl; ch site ('site of chapel')
Cluain Dergáineccl enclosure - sub-circular; ch ruin (possibly med) in NE quadrant in sm sub-circular enclosure; gvyd - killeen (nos. 3342-3, 3716)
Collinstowneccl site: circular encl - outer (earthworks curving to W & SW); ch site (recorded); gvyd ('Caltragh')
Cooleeshilleccl site; circular encl (stone cashel); well: Ciarán
Dam Liacceccl site; circular encl (no. 1371-72); ch ruin; high cross x2; slab
Domnach Mór circular enclosure - traces; High Cross (10thc?); souterrain
Doonpetereccl site; sub-circular enclosure; gvyd within; bullaun; ch site possible; well ('Doon well') (nos. 5253, 5174, 5210)
Dromore (2)sub-circular enclosure - sm, raised; gvyd within (no burials noted) (nos. 2831, 2473)
Drumbess*eccl site possible; circular enclosure; gvyd possible; well - blocked up (nos. 1733, 1761)
Dunlewyeccl site? circular encl (4 circ buildings within - since vanished); cross slab/pillar stone; standing stones (No. 1558)
Kildurrihy (Cell a ru)eccl site; circular encl; bullaun possible; ch site; calluragh; well (K. West)
Leccan Midieccl site; circular encl (evidence of); ch ruin; cross-slab EC (inc into door-lintel)
Lenyeccl site; circular encl (evidence of to SW); ch ruin; gvyd
Liss Dergáin?eccl site? circular encl; ch site?; cross-inscr pillar; bullaun; calluragh; well
Luddangvyd ('Templemoyle Burial Ground'); circular enclosure? (No. 1593)
Olltóir*eccl enclosure - oval (or hillfort?) two smaller encl within; gvyd in smallest circular encl (nos. 1131, 3312)
Rahoeccl site?; circular encl (40m dia); gvyd
Ráithín eccl site; circular encl (aerial photo; NB internal divisions); ch ruin (med? mortared limestone blocks); gvyd
Tempall a Mhanaigeccl site; circular enclosure; ch site within; gvyd (no. 2672)
Tempallínch site; in circular encl (1842 OS map) - now levelled (nos. 5652, 5392)