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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.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.
AchadLL 369a 10; BB 12ba; Lec 119
Airther UitenLL 368f 51; BB 125b; Lec 119
Ard CróineLL 369c 19; BB 126a; Lec 119
Ard CróineLL 369c 19; BB 126a; Lec 119
Cell AirdLL 369a 13; Lec 119
Cell BeccLL 369b 32; Lec 119 (E. Cilli Bice)
Cell BrígeLL 353b 17, 368g 59; BB125b, 126a; Lec 119; LB 22
Cell Chairill (Kelkirell)LL 369a 11; BB 126a; Lec 119
Cell Choiscle*Lec 119; BB 126a (E. Cilli Choiscle)
Cell CholumbaeLL 369b 16; Lec 119
Cell LoairnLL 369b 30; BB 126a; Lec 119
Cell Muide/MudiLL 369b 31; BB 126a; Lec 119
Cluain ChiaráinLL 369b 26; BB 126a; Lec 119
Cluain ChraincheLL 368f 54; BB 125b; Lec 119
Cluain ChrainnMart.G; LL 368g 25; BB 126a; Lec 119
Cluain LochaLL 368b 1, 369b 10; BB 125a, 126a; Lec 119
Cluain MugnaLL 369b 2; BB 126a; Lec 119
Cruachán Maige AbnaMart.T (5 Oct); Mart.O; Mart.G; Mart.D; LL 369c 12; BB 126a; Lec 119
Dísert DommaLL 369a 49; BB 126a; Lec 119
Dísert MairgeLL 369a 46; BB 126a; Lec 119
Domnach RígnaichLL 348a 31 (R. i Cill Rignaige), 369; BB 126a; Lec 119
Druim Allda/AildaeLL 369b 25; BB 126; Lec 119
Druim CuilinnVSH Salm (Carthach §61); Mart.T (21 May); Mart.O; Mart.G; Mart.D; LL 369b 15 c 10, 372d 15; Lec 119; Colgan, Acta, 193
Druim moccu BlaiTrip.Life, 240, 248; Mart.T; Mart.G; Mart.D; LL 368g 17; Lec 119; Colgan, Acta, 569, 830
Fróecha ArdaLL 368g 32; Lec 119
Íchtar MethaisLL 369c 16; BB 126a; Lec 119
Imlech CassáinMart.T (11 Sep); Mart.O; Mart.G; Mart.D; BB 125; Lec 119
Inis BrígteBB 126a; Lec 119
Lann BrígeLL 369a 5; BB 126a; Lec 119
Lathrach Ua[i]rLL 369c 1; BB 126a; Lec 119
Liath Rois UaineMart.T (30 Apr); Mart.O; Mart.G; LL 368g 13; BB 126a; Lec 119
Mag DúinLL 368g 8; BB 126a; Lec 119
Methas bailiLL 369a 37; BB 126a; Lec 119
Ráith BrígteLL 353d 15, 368g 49; BB 126a; Lec 119
Ráith ChéireLL 368g 31; Lec 119
Ráith FoirrgeLL 369a 6; BB 126a; Lec 119
Ros LatharnaLL 368g 20; BB 126a; Lec 119
Tech CoisleLL 369a 12, b 27 (if same site intended); BB 126a; Lec 119
Tech FaincheLL 369b 48; BB 126a; Lec 119
Tech mac NessáinLL 369b 56; BB 126a; Lec 119
Tech na ndechoinLL 366e 25, 368f 45; BB 125b; Lec 119
Tech RónáinLL 368g 10; BB 125a; Lec 119
Tech TultócLL 368g 36; BB 126a; Lec 119
Tobar TúammaLL 369b 20; BB 126a; Lec 119