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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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Cluain Chaín | bishop: 837, 862*, 881•; anchorita: 862*, 881•; secnap: 827? (Máenach of Fir Rois) |
Cluain Chormaic | anchorita: 756 (Ailgal) |
Cluain Ferta Brénainn | abb; bishop; secnap; comarba (see Byrne 1984); cleric: c.697 (Lex Innoc: Fáelán); saccart: 1070 (Ann.Ult); anchorita: 971 (=973); scriba: 867 (=869); fer léiginn: 1170 |
Cluain Iraird | abb; bishop; airch; anchorita; scriba; others - see Byrne 1985; caillech Finnéin 1042 (Ann.Tig)? |
Cluain moccu Nóis | abb; bishop; secnap; scriba; fer-léiginn; anchorita; + others - see Kehnel 1997 |
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?) |
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 Chellaig | anchorita: 828 (Ann.FM =830) |
Dísert Chellaig (Monastery) | anchorita: 828 (Ann.FM: Cellach) |
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) |
Druim Cara | abb: 816; anchorita: 870; airch: 1065 |
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* |
Find Glas | abb: 796 (Dublittir - abb Mart.T), 812*, 817, 825; bishop: 791, 812*, 838^, 867•; anchorita: 812*; scriba: 812*, 838^, 867•; cleric: 763 |
Tech Teille | abb: 745, 884 (Ann.FM =887); scriba/anchorita 867 (Coscrach); cleric: 725 (Broccán; son of), 898 (Ann.FM =903), 936 (Ann.FM =938) |