| 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. | Fergus Eps; Lóegaire &; Rus ss. of Trichem |
|---|
| LineageThis records the reputed ancestral lines of individuals given in Doc Assoc. | Dál Fiatach |
|---|
| Traditional AssociationGives the names of Early Christian ecclesiastics whose association with the sites concerned is based on tradition, dedication or placename association. | Patrick; Brigit |
|---|
| TownlandGives the townland (name spelt as in TTPBI Index) in
which the site is (or is thought to be) located. | Demesne of Down |
|---|
| ParishGives the civil (not ecclesiastical) parish in which the townland is situated. | Down (Downpatrick) |
|---|
| DioceseThis records the medieval (not necessarily the same as the modern) diocese in which the foundation lies. | Down |
|---|
| BaronyGives the modern barony (as in TTPBI Index the baronies were rationalised in 19thC) in which the townland and civil parish are situated. | Lecale Upr |
|---|
| CountyGives the county in which the barony lies. | Down |
|---|
| ProvinceGives both the civil province in which the county lies and the ecclesiastical province to which the diocese belongs. | Ulster; Armagh |
|---|
| 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 (Muirchú); Trip.Life, 258; Lib.Hymn (Hymn of Fiacc); LL 349c 20; BB 121a; LB 16; Mart.D |
|---|
| 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 553 (chalice of Patrick); pl.: 825 (by vikings), 942, 989; bnd: 1016, 1040, 1069, 1111; 1007 (Ecclas Brigite at) - see also clerics |
|---|
| 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. | episcopal + 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 (+ female?) |
|---|
| Succession RecordLists ecclesiastics, male or female, who succeeded to offices at the foundation concerned abbots, abbesses, comarbai, bishops often clerics of less exalted rank such as treasurers, lectors, scribes. These lists make no claim to be exhaustive; fuller accounts for major sites can be found in the New History of Ireland, vol. 8, and in published prosopographies. | abb: 775 (Ann.FM =780), 790, 800; princeps: 882, 1010; comarba: 972; bishop: 584, 956, 962 (Ann.FM =964), 1043 (Ann.FM), 1086, 1117, 1175 (x 3?); airch: 988 (Ann.FM =989), 992 (Ann.FM =993), 1015, 1057, 1068, 1083, 1099, 1102; saccart: 941, 951 |
|---|
| 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 of Patrick (late?) |
|---|
| 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 enclosure; stone crosses (9-10thc?); rd twr (demolished 1780's); Romanesque carving - frags; gvyd |
|---|
| 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. | sherd of 'E ware'; pottery (c.7thc); bone combs, toggles &; spindle-whorls; part of vertebra of a whale (used as slab in EC pavement); bronze pins &; finger rings, lignite bracelets &; glass beads |
|---|
| 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, 113; Reeves 1847, 41, 141ff; Hogan 1910, 375, 382, 385; Flanagan 1970-1, 89-112; Ó Riain 1985, 195 (n. 136), 323; Hamlin &; Lynn 1987, 61-4; Bitel 1990, 69; Dumville 1993, 139, 185; Buchanan &; Wilson 1997, 1, 9; Manning 2000, 39; Charles-Edwards 2000, 65-6, 255, 589 |
|---|
| AddendumIncludes fragments of additional information (or
comments on the part of the compilers) relating to the site in question. | OS 37: also Dún Pátraicc; loc of Patrick's burial (Muirchú); Cell Brigte at (1007); English Benedictines after 1177 |
|---|
Permanent link to this record:
https://monasticon.celt.dias.ie/3525
