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. | Maine Eps; Patrick |
LineageThis records the reputed ancestral lines of individuals given in Doc Assoc. | Uí Ailella |
TownlandGives the townland (name spelt as in TTPBI Index) in
which the site is (or is thought to be) located. | Aghanagh |
ParishGives the civil (not ecclesiastical) parish in which the townland is situated. | Aghanagh |
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. | Tirerrill |
CountyGives the county in which the barony lies. | Sligo |
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 11b (Tírechán); Trip.Life 144; LL 354d 26; Colgan, Acta, 399 |
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 |
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. | 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 clandestine burial (infants or strangers?) (killeen); trad that Patrician ch built on mound N of gvyd |
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; cross-inscr stone (EC); raised area; ch ruin (late - Arroasian abbey?); gvyd/killeen; well: 'Tobar Maine'; & saint's stone (nos. 2604, 2675, 2695) |
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, 633; Wood-Martin 1892, 206 n.2; Hogan 1910, 392; Ó Riain 1985, 323; Herity et al 1997, 118; Beirne 2000, 168; Charles-Edwards 2000, 41; Egan et al 2005, 396, 427, 434 |
AddendumIncludes fragments of additional information (or
comments on the part of the compilers) relating to the site in question. | OS 40:11:3; Echainech (nr Tamnach sv) - early fndt assoc with Maine (feastday 24 Nov)? later Arrousian abbey |
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