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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.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.
Achad AilbeLL 367; BB 125a; Lec. 116
Achad ÍchtairLL 367a 43; BB 124; Lec 115
Achad UidirLL 367g 53; BB 125a; Lec 117
Airb[r]e (= Cell Chuáin?)VSH Salm (Munnu); Mart.G; Mart.D (10 Jul); LL 367g 13; BB 125a; Boll, Acta, lvi, 336, 338
AirecalMart.T (15 May); Mart.G; Mart.D; LL 367d 29; BB 124b
Airecal Da-Chiaróc*Mart.T; LL 367d 29; BB 124a; Colgan, Acta, 796
Ard ReitheLL 367; BB 124b; Lec 115
Áth Escrach (Ahascragh)LL 367f 55; TCD H. 2. 7,430 in; BB 125a; Lec 117, 164d; Colgan, Acta, 251
Carcair BrigtiLL 367c 25; Lec 116; BB 124b
Cell BruichisLL 367c 44; BB 124b; Lec 116
Cell ChaisilLL 367d 33; Lec 116 (Enne Cilli Chaisil)?
Cell ChiaráinLL 367; BB 111a, 124b; Lec 116 (if this site)
Cell Chiaráin*LL 367d17 (C. Cilli Chiaráin)?; Lec 116; BB 111a, 124b
Cell ChícheLL 367c 50; Lec 116; BB 124b
Cell ChonadainTrip.Life, 164; LL 367c 49 (if same site intended); Colgan, Triadis,147
Cell Chuinge/ChungaMart.T (11 Apr, 9 Sep); Mart.G; Mart.D; LL 367d 51; Bk.Uí M 110b 1; Colgan, Acta, 597
Cell ÉinneLL 367d 34; Lec 116
Cell GialláinMart.T (2 Oct; marg. note); Mart.O; LL 367b 48, 374a 8; BB 124b; LB 24
Cell Glaissi?LL 367a 55, g 14; BB 125a; Lec 115, 117 (if this site intended)
Cell GoillreLL 367f 11; BB 125a
Cell meic DuachVSH Salm (M'áedóc §32); LL 367a 19; Mart.G; Mart.D; Colgan, Acta, 213
Cell na RétaireLL 367d 53; BB 124b; Lec 116
ClárLL 367b 41; Lec 116
Cluain BruchaiseMart.O (12 Jul; 1 Nov); Mart.G; Mart.D; LL 367c 30, 368c 56; BB 124b, 125b; Lec 116, 118
Cluain ChaichneMart.T (10 May); Mart.G; LL 367e 56; BB 125a; Lec 116
Cluain ChremaBk.Arm 19a; LL 367c 48; TCD H.1.18, 78
Cluain DaigreLL 367a 1; BB 124b; Lec 115
Cluain ÍVSH Salm (Colum Cille §27); BCC §3 (54); LL 367a 50
Cluain LoisctheLL 367d 52
Cluain tuircLL 367c 6
Cluana/Cl. AirbMart.T (17 May); Mart.G; LL 367c 23; BB 124b
Croch-druimLL 367e 29; BB 125a; Lec 116
Croimglenn/CroimlinnLL 367a 35; BB 124b
Croimglenn/CroimlinnLL 367a 35; BB 124b; Bk.Fermoy, 72a (if this site), 113
Cúil ChaírechLL 367c 26, 374b 7; BB 124b; Lec 116
Cúil InbirLL 367b 37; BB 124a; Lec 116
Domnach LibuirTrip.Life 168; LL 367f 23; BB 125a; Colgan, Triadis, 148, 272
Druim GarmnaLL 367f 34; BB 125a; Lec 117
Druim IairnLL 367a 5, d 27; BB 124b; Lec 115
Druim LoígdeLL 367f 33; BB 125a; Lec 117
Druim LoígseLL 367f 34
Druim SenglaiseLL 367a 14; BB 124b; Lec 115
Dún BlesciVSH Salm (Fintan §13); Mart.T (3 Jan); Mart.O; Mart.G; Mart.D; LL 367e 2, 32; BB 124b; Lec 116; Colgan, Triadis, 383, 461
Dún BóLL 367a 33, 372d 24; BB 118a; LB 16; Colgan, Triadis, 495; Boll, Acta, XLIX, 643
Enach ÁedaLL 367e 26; BB 125a
Enach DubáinLL 367a 15; BB 124b; Lec 115
Enach dúinVSH (Brénainn VP §102); LL 367d 30, 374b 49; BB 54; Mart.D; Boll, Acta, LIX, 889
Enach LiacMart.T (9 Sep); LL 367e 38; BB 125a; Lec 116
Enach LuaigneLL 367f 6; BB 125a; Lec 116
Faill?LL 367; Lec 115
Faithche [Chiaráin]Mart.T; LL 367d 21; BB 124b; Lec 116
FochladLL 367b 55; Lec 116
GailinneLL 367b 39, 368b 7, 372d 44, 373b 47; Lec 116, 117; Mart.D
Glenn DelmuicceMart.O (5 Nov)Mart.G; LL 367c 32; BB 124b
Gort ChonaichTrip.Life, 248; LL 367g 50; Lec 117; Colgan, Triadis
Gort ChonaichTrip.Life, 248; LL 367g 50; Lec 117
Imlech BeccLL 367e 18; BB 125a; Lec 116
Inber BicceMart.T; LL 367a 52; BB 124b
Inber DúinLL 367a 32; BB 124b; Lec 115
Inber LatharnaLL 367f 28; BB 125a; Lec 117
Inis bó finne (1)Bede, Hist.Eccl, IV, §4; LL 367c 31; Mart.G; Mart.D; Colgan
Inis BraigleLL 367; Lec 115
Irrus Ua MicáinLL 367d 2; Lec 116
Lann LéireMart.O (18 Jun); Mart.G; Mart.D; LL 367c 8, 368b 17, 373d 49; BB 125a; Lec 117
LeccachMart.T; LL 367a 37
Leth duma/tubaVSH Salm; VSH (Cainnech §19; 15); Mart.T (30 Mar); Mart.G; Mart.D; LL 367f 18; BB 125a
Linn Duachaill*Mart.T (30 Mar, 7 Aug); Mart.O; Mart.G; Mart.D; LL 367c 42
Mag nÉo LL 367a 47; Mart.D (21 May)
MartartechMart.G; Mart.D; LL 367f 32; Lec 117
Obad (?)LL 367g 51
ÓentrebMart.G; LL 367e 24
Ráith Garb?LL 367f 26; BB 125a; Lec 117 (if this site intended)
Ráith Garb (Rathgar)LL 367f 26; BB 125a; Lec 117 (if this site intended)
Ráith LibirLL 367f 25; BB 125a; : Lec 117
Ráith Mo-ChuaLL 367g 23; BB 125a
Ráith MoinnócLL 367e 28; BB 125a; Lec 116
Ráith Mo-LuaLL 367g 56
Ráith SithbiLL 367c 54; BB 124b; Lec 116
Ros LoígLL 367a 34; Lec 115
Ros Mór M'ÉnóccMart.T (30 Jan); Mart.G; Mart.D; LL 367d 36, 373a 61
RúscachVSH Salm; Mart.T; Mart.G; LL 367c 19; BB 124b; Colgan, Triadis
Senchua LibirLL 367f 27
Tech ColmócLL 367c 11 (if same site intended); BB 124b; Lec 116
Tech ÉogainLL 367b 35; BB 124a; Lec 115
Tech Luimb/Meic LuimbLL 367f 36, 369c 11; BB 125a, 126a; Lec 117, 119
Tech meic CiréniLL 367b 26; BB 124b; Lec 115
Tech SamáinLL 367e 21; BB 125a; Lec 116
Tendchill?LL 367; BB 124a; Lec 115
Tipra mac nÉnnaVSH (Declan §31); Mart.G; Mart.D (10 Nov); LL 367d 15
Treóit MórMart.O (1 Nov: ); Mart. G; Mart.D; LL 367f 7, 373a 46; Lec 116; Lib.Hymn, 23; BCC §5 (83: priest blessed by C.C. - offered submission;)
Tulach ConadanLL 367c 49; BB 124b; Lec 116
Uachtar AirdLL 367c 16 (if this site)