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 Gobbáin

Traditional AssociationGives the names of Early Christian ecclesiastics whose association with the sites concerned is based on tradition, dedication or placename association.Gobbán
TownlandGives the townland (name spelt as in TTPBI Index) in which the site is (or is thought to be) located.Kilgobban
ParishGives the civil (not ecclesiastical) parish in which the townland is situated.Ballyclogh
DioceseThis records the medieval (not necessarily the same as the modern) diocese in which the foundation lies.Cloyne
BaronyGives the modern barony (as in TTPBI Index the baronies were rationalised in 19thC) in which the townland and civil parish are situated.Duhallow
CountyGives the county in which the barony lies.Cork
ProvinceGives both the civil province in which the county lies and the ecclesiastical province to which the diocese belongs.Munster; Cashel
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.male
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.trad of clandestine burial: killeen - stillborn children (Power)
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.eccl enclosure possible (roughly oval); ch site possible; gvyd at W side (nos. 13900, 14116, 14497)
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; Ó Riain 1994, 256 (n. 199); Power 2000, 446, 482, 572; MacCotter 2004, 83 n.18
AddendumIncludes fragments of additional information (or comments on the part of the compilers) relating to the site in question.OS 32: rath at Kilgoban 'used from time immemorial as a burial place for stillborn children' (Power)

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