| TownlandGives the townland (name spelt as in TTPBI Index) in
which the site is (or is thought to be) located. | Balally |
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| ParishGives the civil (not ecclesiastical) parish in which the townland is situated. | Taney |
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| DioceseThis records the medieval (not necessarily the same as the modern) diocese in which the foundation lies. | Dublin |
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| BaronyGives the modern barony (as in TTPBI Index the baronies were rationalised in 19thC) in which the townland and civil parish are situated. | Rathdown |
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| CountyGives the county in which the barony lies. | Dublin |
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| ProvinceGives both the civil province in which the county lies and the ecclesiastical province to which the diocese belongs. | Leinster; Dublin |
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| 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; Alen's Reg 1179 (Balevroolef?) |
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| 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? |
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| 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; encl sub-circ; ch ruin ('Cross Church of Moreen') |
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| 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. | strap-tag (10thC? =>; satchel for MS?) |
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| 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. | O'Reilly; Turner 1983, no. 22 [28-9]; Nicholls 1986, 411-12; Mount &; Keely 1990, 120-5; Stout 1992, 36; MacShamhráin 1996, 36, 93; MacShamhráin 2005a, 137 |
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| AddendumIncludes fragments of additional information (or
comments on the part of the compilers) relating to the site in question. | poss assoc with Moirín Eps (LL 365)? of Kilmurrin (qv), Co. Waterford? site assoc Uí Amalgada? but Balevroolef (12thC) |
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