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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.
Aghaneenaghch site; gvyd site (1937 OS map) (nos. 14457, 14060); cross-inscr stone?
Baile Bhiocáireeccl site; circ encl; ch site; clochán?; calluragh (gvyd); leacht; cross-inscr stone; standing stones
Ballygarraneccl site; encl poss (circ); gvyd (Killeenagh); bullaun poss; cross inscr stone (no. 1317)
Ballyknockanch site; cross-inscr stone; cross (plain granite); gvyd (calluragh: 'The Reilg') excav when area flooded
Bawnatempleeccl enclosure - roughly circ; cross-inscr stone (possibly 7thC) to NW; bullaun c.90m to W; ch site (Cannaway); gvyd (nos. 9198, 9517, 9241, 9217)
Boheh eccl site: cross-slab x 5 (EC); cross-inscr stone block; poss leacht ('The Monk's Grave'); ch ruin; gvyd (killeen: contains sunken area with dry-built walls)
Cadamstowneccl site?; ch site (occ by C of I ch); cross- inscr stone; stone head (poss 12thC)
Caherbarouleccl site possible (lrg sub-circ enclosure on 1842, 1904 & 1938 OS maps); bullaun; cross-inscr stone to SE (nos. 9202, 9213, 9242)
Cell Beccch site?; cross-inscr bullaun; subrect encl; 3 cross-inscr stones
Cell Brigte?cross-inscr stone; monument: 'St B's chair' ; well: St Brigit
Cell Broccáin (?)eccl site (No. 752); ch ruin; inscr stone; gvyd; horiz mill
Cell Chiaráin?ch ruin; cross-inscr stone; well: St Kiaran (tld Knocknagross, Mt Shannon W)
Cell Chluaine/Chluanaighch traces; cross-inscr stones x2; gvyd (nos. 3391-2)
Cell Éinne (1) (Teglach Éinne)eccl complex: ch ruin x2 ('Teaghlach Éinne' + EC oratory); ch site; bullauns x2; inscr stone & cross-slabs x5 to SE; high cross (frag now at Cell Rónáin); rd twr (base); clochans x3; gvyd; well (Dabhach Éinne) (nos. 382, 569, 573, 575, 577, 965, 630-1, 71
Cell Mo-Shamóc ch site (possibly early); cross-inscr stone (no. 1318)
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)
Creggangrogy/St Brendan's eccl site? inscr stone plaque
Drumaqueraneccl site poss; cross-inscr stone (Chi-Ro - 6th or 7thC)
Ech-enach? (1)eccl site; cross-inscr stone (EC); raised area; ch ruin (late - Arroasian abbey?); gvyd/killeen; well: 'Tobar Maine' & saint's stone (nos. 2604, 2675, 2695)
Gortacurraun (Gort an Chorráin)ch site (rect. mound 18 x 9m); cross-slab; inscr stone; well: Tobar Rí an Domnaig
Hacklimch site?; cross inscr stone (No. 928
Hoathstownch site? cross inscr stone; (No. 930)
Hunterstownch site? cross inscr stone; oval slab (No. 931)
Lilcacheccl site poss?; cross-inscr stones x 13 (1 ringed; most prob late med); gvyd
Lisnevagh eccl site?; encl D-shaped; cross-inscr stone (no. 617); ch ruin 'Acaun Ch' (no. 580) medieval; gvyd
Loch derg/gergeccl site; enclosure (20m diam); inscr stone x 2 (No. 1592); ruins of later date
Ráith Murbuilcceccl site; enclosure; pillar stone cross-inscr x 2; cross-inscr stone x 2; rd twr base; ch ruin
Riasceccl site (excav by Fanning); encl (oval); wooden ch - traces; cross-inscr stone; cross-slab; clocháns; gvyd (calluragh)
Ros Commáineccl site - EC; inscr stone slab (9thC: 'Bendachad for anmain Ioseph' - prob scribe named in annals); well: St Coman ('Dabhach Chomáin')
Senchill / Cill a Longphuirteccl site; cross-inscr stone (with inscription) - now lost; bullaun - now lost (no. 1428); ch site (poss EC; now no trace)
Toome*cross-inscr stone block (No. 1619); rect dry-walled encl