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 Muire? (Kilmurry)

TownlandGives the townland (name spelt as in TTPBI Index) in which the site is (or is thought to be) located.Kilmurry Sth; Glencap
ParishGives the civil (not ecclesiastical) parish in which the townland is situated.Kilmacanogue
DioceseThis records the medieval (not necessarily the same as the modern) diocese in which the foundation lies.Glendalough??
BaronyGives the modern barony (as in TTPBI Index the baronies were rationalised in 19thC) in which the townland and civil parish are situated.Rathdown
CountyGives the county in which the barony lies.Wicklow
ProvinceGives both the civil province in which the county lies and the ecclesiastical province to which the diocese belongs.Leinster; Dublin
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).Cr.Mihi c.1280; MacFirbis Ann 1466; Exch Inq 1538
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.female?
Medieval DedicationNotes medieval church-dedications to saints whether Irish or Continental.St. Mary?
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.pattern (formerly); trad of 'The monasteries'
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 site; bullaun; ch f'dations; gvyd; 'Tee-Temple'; (O'Curry, OSL); another to E
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.Price 1945-67, V, 315; Turner 1983, [46-7]; Grogan &; Kilfeather 1993, 131 (no. 860), 150-1

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