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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. | 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). |
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Cluain Ferta Brénainn | Ann.Ult 558/564 (founded); (Cummian's Letter 633); Lex Innoc 697 (§28, 32); Law of B. 744; conflict 807 (with Cork); 838 (abbacy taken by Fedelmid mac Crimthainn); 866 (pl by vikings Ann.Inisf); bnd 749, 844 & 845 (by vikings), 1016, 1045 (Ann.FM), 1164; |
Cluain moccu Nóis | (Cummian's Letter 633); Lex Innoc 697 (§28, 4); (Laud 610 - 740s? Munster Synod); Ann.Ult bnd. 723, 755, 778, 816, 818, 834, 835, 845 (by vikings - incl dertach), 1016, 1020; conflict 760 (with Birra), 764 (with Durrow); pl. by vikings 842 (& bnd Ann.Clon) |
Imlech Ibair | (Cummian's Letter 633); Lex Innoc 697 (§28, 2); Ann.Inisf 742 (Cathal m Finnguine buried); (Laud 610 - 740s? Munster Synod); Ann.FM 845 (=847 pl by vikings); CGG c.873/79 (§25 bnd by vikings); Ann.Ult 1032 (muintir I. slew dynast), bnd (Ann.Ult) 1058, 111 |
Mungairit | (Cummian's Letter 633); (Laud 610 - 740s? Munster Synod); Ann.inisf 752 (conflict); Ann.Ult 835 (bnd by vikings), 1102 (chief lector of Armagh died at), 1107 (Ann.FM pl.) - NB 'monastic battle'; see also clerics |