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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. | 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. |
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Achad Bó | Founder: 599/600; abb: 619 (Mo-Libba), 695, 782, 789, 813*, 822, 835 (Ann.FM), 845, 855, 859, 876, 885 (Ann.FM =887), 914 (Ann.FM = 916); princeps: 935; comarba Cainnich: 928, 971, 968, 1004, 1050, 1108; Ann.FM 1007, 1008, 1011/1012, 1038, 1066, 1095 (abb?),1154; see Byrne 1984 |
Achad Úr | abb: 612, 1018; airch: 809, 899 (Ann.FM); (comarba: 740s Laud 610) |
Aill Finn (Elphin) | bishop: 1195, 1231 etc (Ann.FM) |
Ardachad | Founder: 488 (Mel); bishops (Ann.FM) : 741, 872, 1048, 1087, 1104, 1168, 1172; cleric (Ann.Ult): 746 (Beóchall) |
Ard Srátha | bishop: 680, 707; abb: 852; princeps: 881, 923; comarba: 878 (Ann.FM = 881); airch: 949 (Ann.FM), 1064, 1127, 1179; secnap: 1179 |
Áth da Loarc/da nGabul | abb (Cistercian): 1174 (Ann.FM) |
Balla (Balna) | Founder (Crónán): 637 (= 638 Ann.FM), 694 (Ann.Ult); cleric (abb?): 697; comarba: 1246 |
Belach Dúin/Dísert Chiaráin | Founder (Ciarán): 775; abb & bishop & scriba: 870 (Cumscuth); cleric: 857, 961 (= 963 Ann.FM) |
Bennchor | Founder: 602 (Comgall); abb: 606, 610 (x 2: Mo-Shinu), 613, 646, 663, 664, 665 (Ann.FM - Baíthíne), 666 (Ann.FM - Berach, Cummíne, Colum, Áedán), 669, 673 (Ann.FM s.a. 671 - Máel-ruba abdic.), 680, 691, 705, 728, 747, 767, 778 (Ann.FM s.a. 773 - Snédchest), 791, 79; Bishops (Ann.FM): 810, 823 (sl by vikings Ann.Inisf), 927, 951; fir-léiginn: 823 (sl by vikings Ann.Inisf) |
Cell Achaid Dromma Fota | Founder: 549 (Sinchell); abb: 767, 796, 799, 810, 823, 827, 833; Ann.FM: 803 (=808), 869 (=871), 915 (=916), 919 (=921), 938 (=940), 1059; princeps: 808, 875*, 889; comarba of Da Sinchill: 983; airch.; 954^; bishop (Ann.FM): 952^ (=954); secnap (Ann.FM); |
Cell Alaid | airch.: 1235, 1257, 1267; bishop: 1253, 1275, 1280 etc (Ann.FM) |
Cell Ausilli/Auxilii | founder: 454 (Ann.FM); abb: 829; princeps: 872 |
Cell Chuilinn | Founder: 549 (Mac-Táil); abb: 785*, 898 (=902 Ann.FM); princeps: 937; bishop (Ann.FM): 962^ (=964), 1030 (Ua Garbáin); airch (Ann.FM): 948 (=950), 962^ (=964 - riaglóir); scriba: 785* |
Cell Delcce | abb: 836 (=837 Ann.FM), 837* (=838 Ann.FM), 868; princeps: 888 (Ann.Ult); bishop: 837* (=838 Ann.FM); scriba: 837* (=838 Ann.FM); others 722 (Cuanán) |
Cell Do-Lua | bishops (Ann.Ult): 1010, 1040, 1164, 1194, 1216 (Ann.FM): 1012, 1054, 1083; comarba: 1010*; airch: 1028, 1054, 1083, 1125 (Ann.FM); fer léiginn: 1110; saccart: 1095 (Ann.FM) |
Cell Éinne (1) (Teglach Éinne) | Founder: 495? (Ann.FM); abb: 654 (Ann.FM), 760; comarba: 916 (= 918), 1010, 1095 (Ann.FM), 1110, 1114 (Ann.Ult), 1167 (Ann.FM) |
Cell Epscoip Sanctáin (Kill St Ann) | abb: 952 (=954 Ann.FM) |
Cell Íte | Foundress: 552/570/577 (Ite: Ann.Ult); abb: 810 (=815 Ann.FM), 833 (=835 Ann.FM) |
Cell Lamraige* | abb: 1004 (=1005 Ann.FM) |
Cell na Manach | abb: 785*, 843 (=844 Ann.FM); scriba: 785*; cleric: 802 (=807 Ann.FM), 839 (=840 Ann.FM) |
Cenannas | comarba: 1008, 1009, 1011, 1055, 1114, 1117, 1277; abb (Ann.FM) 1128; airch (Ann.FM) 1047: bishop: 969; fer léiginn (Ann.FM): 992, 1034, 1045, 1050, 1061; Ann.Ult 1070; saccart (Ann.FM): 966, 1028, 1153; ostiarius (Ann.FM): 1001 |
Cluain Airdne/Cuerne | founder: 715 (M. Cuairne Ann.Ult/Cl. Airdni Ann.FM) |
Cluain bairenn | founder: 577 (=578 Ann.FM: Cairech Dercáin); abatissa: 778 (Síthmaith), 809; banabb: 933 (=935 Ann.FM: Anlaith); banairch: 794 (Lerben); airch: 919 (=921 Ann.FM), 1066; comarba: 1109; others: 753 (Scannlach), 765 (Cellbil) |
Cluain Choirpthe/Chairpthe | comarba: 1128 (Ann.FM); cleric: 918 (Daniel) |
Cluain dá an Dobair | abb: 942 (=944); cleric: 938 (=940) - Flann ua Cathail 'martyred' by vikings (Ann.FM) |
Cluain dá ochra | abbas: 770 (Ann.Ult); bishop + airch: 977 (=979 Chron.Scot; Ann.FM) |
Cluain Eois | Founder: 549; abb: 701, 716, 746, 751, 778, 806, 840*; princeps: 880, 915; bishop: 840*, 961^ (Ann.FM =963); scriba: 840*; comarba Tig.: 929 (Ann.FM =931), 945, 958, 963^, 980, 1011, 1030, 1039, 1139 (Ann.FM); airch: 1084 |
Cluain Mór Áeda | abb (Ann.FM): 771, 877, 886, 919, 920, 972; airch: 1052 (Artúr mac Muiredaig) |
Cluain uamha | abb: c.697 (Echuid), 859, 871 (Ann.Inisf), 885 (=888 Ann.FM); comarba m. Léinín: 1099; secnap: 885 (=888 Ann.FM); airch: 1179; dean & chptr 1126 |
Coinnere | bishop: 514 (Mac-Nisse), 537 (Lughad, Ann.FM), 659 (Dímma Dub), 726 (Do-Chonna), 1038* (Cuinden, Ann.FM), 1117, 1124 (Ann.FM), 1174, 1210; abb: 778, 867, 917 (Ann.FM =919); comarba: 954, 976, 1038*; airch: 901, 1063, 1081 |
Corcach | abb (Ann.Ult): 687, 800, 868, 899; (Ann.FM): 759, 767, 787, 795, 812, 833, 850, 861, 892, 949, 952, 1000, 1036; princeps: 682, 792, 836, 908 (of the Trian of C.), 912; bishops (Ann.Ult): 876, 1036, 1172; (Ann.FM): 891, 958; airch (Ann.Ult): 988, 1007, 10 |
Cúil Rathin | princeps: 932; abb: 972 (Ann.FM); airch: 989, 1110, 1122 (Ann.FM); bishop: 560 (Ann.FM: Cairpre), 590 (Conall) |
Daim Inis | Founder (Laisre) 564 or 571; abb: 818, 869*, 890 (Ann.FM =893), 921; princeps: 896, 924; bishop (Ann.FM): 658 (=659), 868* (=869); comarba: 957, 974, 996, 1025 (Ann.FM), 1038, 1049, 1114, 1168 (Ann.FM); airch: 946, 985, 1002, 1012; saccart: 980 (Ann.FM); fer léiginn: 1147 fl. Gilla Mo-Dutu Ua Casaide of Ard Breccáin |
Daire Calgaig/Choluim-Cille | abb; bishop; comarba; airch (see Byrne 1984); anchorita (Ann.FM): 967 (=969); scriba (Ann.FM): 720 (=724); fer léiginn (Ann.FM): 1162, 1185, 1189, 1206; cleric: 697 (not abb?) |
Daire Lúráin | airch: 1123 (Ann.Ult), 1136 (Ann.FM) |
Dairmag | abb: 793, 811, 836, 850; airch (Ann.Ult): 950, 973, 1010; Ann.FM: 1022, 1190; secnab (Ann.FM): 839; saccart (Ann.FM): 931, 1129; scriba: 827 (Ann.FM), 872; fer léiginn (Ann.FM): 1038, 1103; equonimus: 839 |
Dam Liacc | abb: 783, 789, 810, 849, 858 (Ann.FM =860), 868, 900; princeps: 819, 820, 872*, 935; bishop: 783, 872*, 885, 907^, 920^, 929^, 941 (Ann.FM =943), 1117; comarba Chiannáin: 1098, 1127 (Ann.FM); airch: 955, 984 (Ann.FM =985), 1045 (Ann.FM), 1093; anchorita: |
Dísert Diarmata | princeps (Ann.Ult): 876, 923; abb (Ann.FM): 884, 935, 943, 963, 967, 1074; bishop/anchorita: 843 (x 2); bishop (Ann.FM): 895, 1038 1040; comarba: 919; fer léiginn: 1054; cleric: 867 (=869 Ann.FM Éodus m Donngaile) |
Dísert Óengusa | airch. 1033 (Ann.FM) |
Druim Cliab | abb: 923, 930 (Ann.FM =932); airch: 952, 1029, 1053, 1225 (Ann.FM); comarba: 1252 |
Druim Lethan | airch.: 1025, 1059, 1343 (Ann.FM) |
Druim Mór | abb: 842, 909 (Ann.FM =913), 972 (Ann.FM =974)^; princeps: 908*; comarba of Mo-Cholmóc (Ann.Ult): 953, 1019; (Ann.FM): 992 (=993),1043, 1068; airch (Ann.FM): 1006 (=1007), 1143; bishop: 972 (Ann.FM =974)^, 1101; anchorita: 908* |
Dún Lethglas/Dún dá Lethglaise | abb: 775 (Ann.FM =780), 790, 800; princeps: 882, 1010; comarba: 972; bishop: 584, 956, 962 (Ann.FM =964), 1043 (Ann.FM), 1086, 1117, 1175 (x 3?); airch: 988 (Ann.FM =989), 992 (Ann.FM =993), 1015, 1057, 1068, 1083, 1099, 1102; saccart: 941, 951 |
Eidnéin | princeps: 907; abb 920 = 922* (Ann.FM); bishop: 920 = 922* (Máel-Póil mac Ailella); airch 1024; alumnus: 870 (Suairlech) |
Enach dúin | bishop (Ann.Ult): 1202, 1241, 1250; abb (Ann.FM): 1256; airch (Ann.FM): 1255 |
Ferna | abb; bishop; comarba; airch (see Byrne 1984); fer léiginn: 1129 (Ann.FM) |
Fid dúin | abb (Ann.FM): 828 (=830), 873 (=875), 948 (=950)*, 980 (=981); bishop: 948 (=950)*; comarba: 1073 |
Fidnacha Maige Réin | comarba (Ann.FM): 1244, 1255, 1331 etc (Ó Rodacháin) |
Findabair-aba | abb: 809, 838, 845, 882 (Ann.FM =885); bishop: 907; airch: 1024 (Ann.FM); equonimus: 829; sacart: 939 |
Glenn Uissen | abb (Ann.FM): 874, 915, 917, 938, 946, 951, 986, 1016; airch: 977; comarba: 1045; secnab: 1014; fer léiginn: 1014, 1082 |
Imlech Ibair | Founder (Ailbe): 527, 542; abb, princeps, bishop, comarba, airch (see Byrne 1984); fer léiginn: 1089 (Ann.FM), 1114 (Ann.Ult), 1147 (Ann.FM) |
Inis Chaín Dega | abb: 771, 784, 855, 873, 882, 884, 930 (Ann.FM = 932); comarba: 1022; airch (Ann.FM): 961 (=963), 1085; scriba: 855; cleric: 641 |
Inis Chathaig (Scattery) | abb: (Ann.FM) 861 (=863), 963 (=965), 994 (=995); bishop: (Ann.FM)1188; airch: (Ann.FM) 792 (=797); (Ann.Ult) 995, 1050; comarba: (Ann.FM) 1081, 1119 |
Inis Chlothrann | abb: 785, 871*; fer léiginn (sapiens): 871*, 1160 (Ann.FM); saccart: 1167 (Ann.FM); cleric: 720 |
Lann Ela | Founder: 611; abb: 735 (Ann.FM =739), 778, 867, 917 (Ann.FM =919), 974 (Ann.FM =976); princeps: 817*; bishop: 709 (Ann.FM =710), 887; airch: 901; comarba: (Ann.FM) 952 (=954), 954 (=956), 963 (=965), 1038; scriba: 817* |
Leithglenn | bp.: 863, 941*, 965, 1050 (Ann.FM), 1113* (Ann.Ult), 1145, 1181 (Ann.FM); abb: 639, 774, 805, 879 (Ann.Ult); 737, 849/850, 941*, 1004 (Ann.FM); comarba: 957, 1113* (Ann.Ult); airch: 1045 (Ann.Ult); clerics: 725 (Ann.Ult: Mainchín), 839, 938, 990, 105 |
Lettracha Odráin | Founder: 548 (Ann.FM); airch: 1074 (Gilla-Brénainn Ua Léimíne) |
Liath Mór (Leamakevoge) | Founder: 656; abb (Ann.Ult): 752*, 870; (Ann.FM): 767 (=772), 792 (=797), 838 (=839), 895 (=900), 900 (=905), 917 (=919), 933 (=935), 1014 (=1015); scriba: 752* |
Liss Mór | abb; airch; comarba; bishop - see Byrne 1984; secnap: 920 (Ann.Inisf: Cormac mac Mothla); ancorita: 783, 856, 1129 (Ann.FM); fer léiginn (?): pseudo-Augustine (fl. 655); scriba: 856; cleric: 746 |
Lothra | abb: 697 (Lex Innoc: Colmán); 710, 844, 864* (Ann.FM =865), 946 (Ann.FM =948); princeps: 892; bishop: 788, 864* (Ann.FM =865); airch: 957 (Ann.FM =959), 1015, 1050; comarba: 1106 (Ann.FM); clerics: 657, 763 |
Machaire na Croise* | airch: 1509 (Ann.Ult); 1600 (Ann.FM) |
Maen (Coluim Cille) | abb: 1004 (Ann.Ult), 1014 (=1015 Ann.FM) |
Mag Bile (Movilla) | Founder: 579; bishop: 603, 618 (Ann.FM =623), 694 (Ann.Inisf; Frag.Ann: Uidríne) + 3 bps in Marts; abb: 619, 736, 743, 747, 749; princeps: 825, 831, 890; comarba Finnia: 944, 973 (Ann.FM =975), 992 (Ann.FM =993), 1007+1025, 1061, 1098, 1118 (Ann.FM), 1136 (Ann.FM), 1170 +1175; airch: 955; clerics: 650, 694 |
Mag nÉo | bishop: 676 (Colmán), 732, 773, viv 786 (Ealdwulf), 1169 (Ann.FM), 1183, 1210 |
Mainistir Buiti | Founder: 519, 523; abb: 764, 767, 805, 837*, 846, 855, 866 (x 2), 884; princeps: 878, 891, 935; bishop: 583 (Ann.FM), 685 (Ann.FM), 837*, 1039^, 1067 (Ann.FM); comarba (Ann.Ult): 924, 966, 1039^: (Ann.FM) 1075, 1117, 1122; airch: 1005, 1059, 1067; fer léiginn |
Muc-Snam | abb: 912 (Ann.FM =915); comarba: 958, 1042; airch: 1010, 1067, 1161; cleric: 1044 (Ann.FM) |
Mungairit | princeps: 757; abb (Ann.FM): 760 (=765), 909 (=913), 965 (=967), 993 (=994), 1006 (=1007), 1100; comarba: 633 (Cummian's Letter), 740s (Laud 610); airch: 994 (Ann.FM =995), 1015, 1028, 1033, 1070 |
Ráith Both | princeps: 817 (bishop Ann.FM); comarba Choluim Cille & Adomnáin: 925 (Ann.FM =927), 938, 954, 988 (Ann.FM =989), 1010 (Ann.FM =1011), 1040 (Ann.FM =1041), 1057 (Ann.FM =1058) |
Ráithín | abb: 763 (Fidairle ua Suanaig); bishop: 792; ancorita: 757 (Fidmuine ua Suanaig); comarba: 740s (Laud), 1113, 1136 (Ann.FM), 1166 (Ann.FM); cleric: 787 (Ann.FM) =792: Áedán) |
Ros Ailithir (Roscarbery) | abb (Ann.FM): 824 (=826), 839 (=840), 850 (=852), 921 (=923); bishop (Ann.FM): 1085, 1168; airch: 1016 (Airbertach m Cosse), 1055, 1096; scriba/ancorita: 866 (Ann.FM =868) |
Ros Commáin | Founder: 747; abb: 774 (Ann.FM =779), 782, 800, 817^, 830, 916, 928 (Ann.FM =930); princeps: 835 (Ann.FM), 874*; bishop: 817^, 874*; comarba: 980, 1006, 1025 (Ann.FM), 1052, 1093 (Ann.FM), 1135 (Ann.FM), 1152 (Ann.FM), 1170 (Ann.FM), 1200 (Ann.FM); airch: 1097, 1234; scriba: 816, 874* |
Ros Cré | abb (Ann.Ult): 761, 839, 859; (Ann.FM): 800 (=805), 816 (=818), 862 (=864), 876 (=879), 884 (=887), 929 (=931), 986 (=987), 1005 (=1006); princeps: 918*; bishop: 918*, 1161 (Ann.FM); airch: 1012, 1053, 1074, 1127 (Ann.FM), 1134 (Ann.FM); comarba Chrónáin (Ann.FM) |
Ros Éo | cleric: 721 (Cuanna; Ann.Ult, Ann.FM) |
Saigir | abb (Ann.Ult): 744*, 788, 869^; (Ann.FM): 771 (=776), 788 (=793), 807 (=812), 809 (=814), 810 (=815), 826 (=828), 832 (=833), 841 (=842), 846 (=848), 868 (=870), 885 (=888), 919 (=921), 941 (=943), 1004 (=1005); bishop: 744*, 869^, 907 (Ann.FM =912); airc |
Scrín Adomnáin | comarba: 1022 (Ann.FM) |
Sléibte (Sletty) | abb: 862 (Ann.FM =864); bishop: 700 (Frag.Ann §148: Áed); ancorita: 700 (Ann.Ult: Áed); airch: 1055 (Ann.FM) |
Sord Choluim Cille | airch (Ann.FM): 1028, 1048, 1060, 1136; bishop: 965 (=967), 1023; fer léiginn: 1042 |
Sruthair Guaire(?) | abb (Ann.FM): 901 (=906), 952 (=954) |
Tamlacht Máil-Rúain (Tallaght) | Founder: 792; bishops (Mart.T): 8thC Iosep (5 Jan), Echaid (28 Jan), Airendán** (10 Feb); (Ann.Ult): 812*, 874^; (Ann.FM): 913± (=915), 962 (=964), 964 (=966), 966 (=968); abb (Ann.Ult): 803**, 825, 868; (Ann.FM): 894 (=899), 913± (=915), 937 (=939), 966 (=968); princeps: 812*, 827, 874^, 875; comarba: 957 (Ann.FM =959) |
Tech Colláin | bishop: 1047 (Ann.FM) |
Tech Mo-Ling | abb (Ann.FM): 930 (=932), 965 (=967); airch (Ann.Ult): 1043 |
Termann Feichín | airch: 1045, 1053, 1056 (Ann.FM) |
Tír dá Glas | founders: 552 (Ann.Inisf: Colum), 584 (Ann.FM =585: Mo-Chóeme); abb: 624, 656 ([Máel]-Aithchin abb Ann.FM), 677 (Ann.Inisf), 717 (Ann.Inisf), 740 (Ann.Inisf), 752, 784 (Ann.Inisf), 814, 845, 851 (Ann.FM =853), 858, 903, 927 (Ann.FM =929), 965*, 971 (Ann.FM); princeps: 895*; bishop: 895*; airch.: 1015; comarba Coluim: 1008, 1099; secnap: 884; clerics: 656, 802 |
Torach | airch: 1041 (Ann.FM), 1203 |
Tuaim dá ghualann | abb: 781, 900 (Ann.FM =905), 1032 (Ann.FM); princeps: 882 (Cormac, secnap Cl Ferta); bishop: nd (Iarlaithe eps LL 365d 22),1086, 1092, 1117, 1161 etc; airch.: 1128; comarba (Ann.FM): 1085, 1128, 1136; fer léiginn: 1097 (Ann.FM); clerics: 782, 949 (airch. - Ann.FM sa 947) |
Tuaim Findlocha | abb: 944 (=946; Scanlán); fer léiginn: 1049 (Ann.FM) |
Tuaim Gréne | abb: 749, 752, 794, 964* (Chron Scot =965); bishop: 965* (Cormac Ua Cillín); airch.: 1003, 1096; comarba Crónáin (Ann.FM): 1026, 1031, 1078, 1093, 1100, 1185; cleric (Ann.Ult): 740 |