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.: Foibréne

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.Comgall
LineageThis records the reputed ancestral lines of individuals given in Doc Assoc.Dál nAraide
ParishGives the civil (not ecclesiastical) parish in which the townland is situated.Carlow
DioceseThis records the medieval (not necessarily the same as the modern) diocese in which the foundation lies.Leighlin
BaronyGives the modern barony (as in TTPBI Index the baronies were rationalised in 19thC) in which the townland and civil parish are situated.Carlow
CountyGives the county in which the barony lies.Carlow
ProvinceGives both the civil province in which the county lies and the ecclesiastical province to which the diocese belongs.Leinster
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.VSH (Comgall §43) donated by Cormac m Diarmata
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.Comgall/Bangor
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 possible; lge encl (no. 234: 150m def by field bdies/road)nth of Carlow; gvyd 'The Graves'; (no. 543) to sth - either rep. this site?
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.Plummer 1910, II, 328; Brindley &; Kilfeather 1993, 30, 65?
AddendumIncludes fragments of additional information (or comments on the part of the compilers) relating to the site in question.given to Comgall by Áed s. of Diarmait, king of Uí Bairrche; see also Cetharlach, Ard Crema

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