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. | Beccnat d of Colmán |
LineageThis records the reputed ancestral lines of individuals given in Doc Assoc. | Dál Messin Corb |
TownlandGives the townland (name spelt as in TTPBI Index) in
which the site is (or is thought to be) located. | Dalkey Isd |
ParishGives the civil (not ecclesiastical) parish in which the townland is situated. | Dalkey |
DeaneryThis records the rural deanery (a sub-division of the diocese) to which the parish belongs. | Bray |
DioceseThis records the medieval (not necessarily the same as the modern) diocese in which the foundation lies. | Dublin |
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. | Dublin |
ProvinceGives both the civil province in which the county lies and the ecclesiastical province to which the diocese belongs. | Leinster; Dublin |
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. | LL 350a 65; Mart.G; Mart.Ch.ch (12 Nov) |
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). | Ann.Ult 733 (lusus naturae); Ann.FM 938 (=940: abb of Cell Achaid drowned by vikings), 942 (=944: Dublin vikings flee to); Cr.Mihi; Alen's Reg 1179 |
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 |
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; rock-inscr cross x2 (perh 8th-9thC); grave-slab x2 ('Rathdown'; type: 10-12thC?); ch ruin (med - much altered); well: St Begnet's |
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. | burials in vicinity of ch (6thC: Liversage) |
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. | Wakeman 1891, 701-2; O'Reilly 1901; Donnelly 1909, IV, 136-40; Hogan 1910, 339; Ó hÉailidhe 1957, 56 fig, 57; Ó Danachair 1958, 83-4; Ó hÉailidhe 1973, 56 fig, 57, 61, 62 fig; Ó hÉailidhe 1982, 139-41; Turner 1983, [34-5]; O'Brien 1988, 515; Stout 1992, 36; Corlett 1999, 36, 37, 40, 46; MacShamhráin 2005a, 136 |
AddendumIncludes fragments of additional information (or
comments on the part of the compilers) relating to the site in question. | note: Dún Delginnsi (LL 15 etc; Hogan 1910, 382) adj? |
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