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.: Domnach Mór Mittíne

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.Fíngen &; Trian
LineageThis records the reputed ancestral lines of individuals given in Doc Assoc.Múscraige
Traditional AssociationGives the names of Early Christian ecclesiastics whose association with the sites concerned is based on tradition, dedication or placename association.Laichtíne
TownlandGives the townland (name spelt as in TTPBI Index) in which the site is (or is thought to be) located.***
ParishGives the civil (not ecclesiastical) parish in which the townland is situated.Donaghmore
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.Barretts/Muskerry E
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
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.Beatha Bharra §34; LL 316bb 40, 353a 56; BB 123b; Lec 112
Clerical StatusThis seeks to classify foundations as episcopal coarbial or eremitic based on the clerical orders ascribed to the reputed founder, the later succession-record or the placename of the site.coarbial?
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
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.Findbarr/Cork
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; ch ruin; cross
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.shrine of St. Lachtain's arm (12thc)
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, 69; Hogan 1910, 351, 353; Gwynn &; Hadcock 1970; Mitchell 1984, 139-40 (+ plate); Ó Floinn 1985c, 169-70; Ó Riain 1985, 210 (n. 666), 322; Ó Riain 1994, 263 (n. 288); MacCotter 2004, 80-1, 109 n.29
AddendumIncludes fragments of additional information (or comments on the part of the compilers) relating to the site in question.in Múscraige Mitíne; Uí Máeláin & Uí Diláin from D.M.M. among Uí Briúin Chualann (LL); pupils of Barra at Cork

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