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.: Ard Senlis

Documented AssociationGives the names of Early Christian ecclesiastics (the DIB terms such individuals often regarded as founders of churches — saints in the Irish tradition), whose association with the sites concerned is based on documentary sources.:Lallóc; Eiche; Patrick
TownlandGives the townland (name spelt as in TTPBI Index) in which the site is (or is thought to be) located.:Kildalloge
ParishGives the civil (not ecclesiastical) parish in which the townland is situated.:Kiltrustan
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.:Roscommon
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
SourcesThis is concerned almost exclusively with hagiographical sources (mainly Lives of the saints, martyrologies and genealogies of the saints) and relates to the individuals and lineages in Doc Assoc and Lineage.:Bk.Arm 12b1 (Tírechán); Trip.Life, 104; LL 354e 31, 372a 35 (Senles); Bk.Uí M 109a, 111a; Mart.D; Colgan Triadis, 136
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 (Kildlog); Ann.Conn
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
Familial LinksIndicates links between foundations, whether claimed in hagiographical sources (a lesser site said to have submitted to greater site), attested by charter, or indicated by tradition or placename evidence.:Patrician/Armagh
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 that ch also kwn as 'Urney'
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.:ch ruin (late med: Ard Sean Lios/Cill Do-Lallóc)
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.:Archdall 1786, 626; Hogan 1910, 48, 196, 596; Nicholls 1973, 116; Ó Riain 1985, 332; Beirne 2000, 26-7, 324; Harrington 2002, 57
AddendumIncludes fragments of additional information (or comments on the part of the compilers) relating to the site in question.:OS 23: in Branan's country; = Senles iar mBadbgnu (Slieve Baune); L. daughter of Dar-Erca, putative sr. of Patrick