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.: Cell Glas

TownlandGives the townland (name spelt as in TTPBI Index) in which the site is (or is thought to be) located.Kilglass
ParishGives the civil (not ecclesiastical) parish in which the townland is situated.Kilmeane
DioceseThis records the medieval (not necessarily the same as the modern) diocese in which the foundation lies.Elphin
BaronyGives the modern barony (as in TTPBI Index the baronies were rationalised in 19thC) in which the townland and civil parish are situated.Áthlone
CountyGives the county in which the barony lies.Roscommon
ProvinceGives both the civil province in which the county lies and the ecclesiastical province to which the diocese belongs.Connacht; Tuam
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).Tax 1302-06; Misc.Ann 1394 (bnd by lightning)
Medieval DedicationNotes medieval church-dedications to saints whether Irish or Continental.St Mary
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.image of BVM
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.Hogan 1910, 194
AddendumIncludes fragments of additional information (or comments on the part of the compilers) relating to the site in question.OS 42: now par Knockcroghery; confusion with site in par Kilglass?; image of BVM destroyed 1394

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