Early Christian Ecclesiastical Settlement in Ireland 5th to 12th Centuries

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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 Glinni*	LL 374b 47; LB 24; Ui M 110 b1
Achad Nitt/Nithi*	LL 374b 25; LB 24; Ui M 110 b1
Achad Ualind	LL 374b 24; LB 24; Ui M 110 b1
Ardachad Brechmaige	LL 374b 54; LB 24
Ard Chluana	LL 374b 20; LB 24; Ui M 110b1
Bordgal (Mór)	LL 374b 15; BB 82a; LB 24
Carrac Mór	LL 374c; Ui M 110b 2; LB 24; Betha C.C. (Ó Domhnaill)
Cathair Suibni	LL 374b 19; LB 24; Ui M 110b 1
Cell Áedloga	LL 374b 42; Ui M 110b 1; LB 24
Cell Aird	LL 374; Ui M 110b; LB 24
Cell Arda	LL 374b 64
Cell Belad (C. Belfota?)	LL 374; LB 24
Cell Bélat	LL 374b 4
Cell Brátha	LL 374c 7; LB 24; Bk.Uí M 110b
Cell Brotha	LL 374c 8; LB 24
Cell Chorbrain	LL 374c 7
Cell Chúile	Mart.T; Mart.G; Mart.D (9 Mar); LL 374b 41; LB 24
Cell Chungaid	LL 374; LB 24
Cell Fhinn Maige (Killynee)	Mart.T; Mart.O; Mart.G; Mart.D (29 Apr); LL 374a 28 (if D.M. Finn Maige)
Cell Fhorlochta	LL 374b 39; LB 24
Cell Fhróich	LL 374a 48; LB 24; Mart.D
Cell Garbáin (Killygarvan Upr)	LL 374b 64; LB 24; Bk.Uí M 110b
Cell Imchluana	LL 374b 19; LB 24; Bk.Uí M 110b
Cell Inbir	LL 374b 18; LB 24; Bk.Uí M 110b
Cell Onchon	Mart.T (8 Feb); LL 374b 42; LB 34; Bk.Uí M 110b; Colgan, Acta, 277
Cell Raisse	LL 374b 44; LB 24; Bk.Uí M 110b
Cell Tuaiti	LL 374; TCD H.1.18, 14b
Cell Ua Cáirthinn	LL 374b 43; LB 24; Bk.Uí M 110b
Cluain Airthir	Mart.T (24 Sept); Mart.G; LL 374a 40; LB 23b; Bk.Uí M 51Vg
Cluain bainb	LL 374a 39; LB 24; Mart.G; Mart.D
Cluain Bini	LL 374b 59; LB 24; Bk.Uí M 110b
Cluain Chaí?	Mart.T (3 Oct); Mart.G; Mart.D; LL 374; LB 24; Bk.Uí M 110a
Cluain daim	BCL §39, 53; LL 374 (if same site intended); Bk.Uí M 110b
Cluain Eithne	LL 374a 38; LB 24
Cluain findchuill	VSH Salm (Colum Cille §38); LL 374b 2; LB 24
Cluain Ráithe	Mart.T; Mart.G; Mart.D; LL 374b 60; Bk.Uí M 110b; LB 24
Cluain talatha	LL 374b 61
Coíne	LL 374; LB 24
Cráeb Druim? (Price)	LL 374; LB 24 (if same as Druim Crema)
Dísert na n-epscop	LL 374; BB; LB
Domnach Achaid Shétna	LL 374b 56; LB 24; Bk.Uí M 110b
Domnach Bernsa	LL 374b 37; LB 24; Bk.Uí M 110b
Domnach Brechmaige?	Trip.Life 154, 160; LL 374a 11; Colgan, Triadis, 271
Domnach Calli Raigi	LL 374a 20; LB 24
Domnach Ceirne	Bk.Arm 10a (mispl. list): Mart.G; Mart.D; LL 374c 10
Domnach Cúile	LL 374a 57; LB 24
Domnach Dromma Cethig	LL 374b 13; Bk.Uí M 110b
Domnach Erobi	LL 374b 36; Bk.Uí M 110b
Domnach Fainre	Trip.Life 168; LL 374a 42; Colgan, Triadis, 184, 272
Domnach Fothirbe	Trip.Life 168; LL 374a 44; LB 24; Colgan, Triadis, 148
Domnach hÚa Fithis	LL 374b 35
Domnach Iarlainne	LL 374a 19; LB 24
Domnach Lethain	LL 374a 21; LB 24; Bk.Uí M 110a
Domnach Lini	LL 374a 22; LB 24
Domnach Maige Fane	LL 374b 8
Domnach meic Direthir	LL 374b 27
Domnach Mór Ailmaige	Bk.Arm 15a, 18b (Tírechán); Mart.T (23 Aug); Mart.G; Mart.D; LL 374a 18
Domnach Mór Áine	Trip.Life; LL 374b 8; LB 24; Lis 6a, 17a; Colgan, Acta, 530; Trias, 272
Domnach Mór Alaith	LL 374a 30; LB 24
Domnach Mór Argarui	LL 374b 9; LB 24; Bk.Uí M 110b
Domnach Mór Assi	Bk.Arm 10a 1 (mispl list); Trip Life, 250; LL 374b 12; LB 24
Domnach Mór Chuta	LL 374a 23
Domnach Mór Cúlae	LL 374a 29; LB 24
Domnach Mór Drothir Dremna	LL 374b 10; Bk.Uí M 110b
Domnach Mór Maige Damoerna	Trip.Life 164; Mart.G; LL 374a 27; LB 24; Colgan, Triadis, 183
Domnach Mór Maige Echredd	Bk.Arm 11a (Tírechán); LL 374a 36; LB 24 (if DM Echruiss)
Domnach Mor Maige Nuadat	Bk.Arm 19a (notulae); Mart.T (27 Oct); Mart.O; Mart.G; Mart.D; LL 374a 24; Colgan, Acta, 540
Domnach Mór Phile	LL 374a 32; LB 24
Domnach Mór Santlóir	LL 374b 11; LB 24; Bk.Uí M 110b
Domnach Mór Tuammae	LL 374a 31; LB 24
Domnach Nachain	LL 374b 32; LB 24; Bk.Uí M 110b
Domnach na nEpscop	LL 374b 22; LB 24; Bk.Uí M 110b
Domnach Tamnaig Buaidche	LL 374a 45; LB 24; Bk.Uí M 110b
Domnach Taulche	LL 374b 33; LB 24; Bk.Uí M 110b
Domnach Ualann	LL 374b 34; LB 24; Bk.Uí M 110b
Druim Airbelaig	Mart.T; Mart.G; Mart.D; LL 374a 13; LB 24; Bk.Uí M 110a
Druim Airmedaig	LL 374a 34
Druim Alad	LL 374a 49
Druim Aurchaille/Urchaille	Bk.Arm 15b; Trip.Life 184; Rawl B 502 118b; LL 374a 3; LB 24; Colgan, Acta, 59; Trias, 151
Druim Cráebáin	LL 374c 4
Druim Crema	Mart.T; Mart.G; Mart.D; LL 374c 5; LB 24; Bk.Uí M 100b
Druim Druith	Mart.T (12 Jan); Mart.G; Mart.D; LL 374c 5; LB 24; Bk.Uí M 110b
Druim Dúin	LL 374a 12; LB 24
Druim Lias	Bk.Arm 15a, 18b (Tírechán; Additamenta); Trip.Life, 144; LL 374a 65; Mart.G; Mart.D; Colgan, Triadis, 143, 180, 271
Druim meic Táil	LL 374b 52; LB 24; Bk.Uí M 110b
Druim Salainn	LL 374a 61; LB 24
Dún Gaimin	LL 374a 55; LB 24
Echarad (Lobráin)	VSH Salm (Mo-Lua §66); LL 374a 58
Glenn Mo-Rónóc	LL 374; LB 24; Uí M 110b
Killeen-Cormac (Cell Ingen Cormaic/Cell Fhine Cormaic?)	Bethu Brígte §46; Trip.Life, 30; Lib Hymn, 99; LL 374b 19; Ann.FM 430; Colgan, Acta, 570
Mag Bolcc	Mart.O (26 Nov); Mart.G; LL 374a 10; BB 125a; Lec 116
Mag drothir Dremne	LL 374
Mílec	LL 374a 9 (if this site intended)
Ráith Baruu	LL 374a 53; LB 24
Ráith Chinn Sléibe	LL 374b 24
Ráith Cunga	Bk.Arm 11b, 15ab (Tírechán), 18b; LL 374a 14; LB 24
Ráith Epscoip Chomraide	LL 374b 55; LB 24; Bk.Uí M 110b
Ráith Fiachrach	LL 374b 56; LB 24; Bk.Uí M 110b
Ráith meic Mella	LL 374b 46; LB 24; Bk.Uí M 110b
Ráith Scothgan	LL 374b 14; Bk.Uí M 110b
Rígdonn	LL 374a 41; LB 24
Ros Roichbi	LL 374b 26
Tech Áine	LL 374c 1; LB 24
Tech Lonáin	LL 374; LB 24; Bk.Uí M 110b
Tech Silláin	LL 374b 29; LB 24; Bk.Uí M 110b
Tempall na Carraige	LL 374c 6? (if this site intended)
Tulach Cráebáin	LL 374b 52; LB 24; Bk.Uí M 110b
Tulach na nEpscop	Mart.O (1 Feb - note); LL 374; Lis 15b, 16a; LB 24
Ucht Máma	LL 374b 44; LB 21bc