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.: Glenn Chaín

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.Baétán s of Éogan; Mo-Dímóc
LineageThis records the reputed ancestral lines of individuals given in Doc Assoc.Éoganachta
Traditional AssociationGives the names of Early Christian ecclesiastics whose association with the sites concerned is based on tradition, dedication or placename association.Culán
TownlandGives the townland (name spelt as in TTPBI Index) in which the site is (or is thought to be) located.Glenkeen
ParishGives the civil (not ecclesiastical) parish in which the townland is situated.Glenkeen
DeaneryThis records the rural deanery (a sub-division of the diocese) to which the parish belongs.Cashel
DioceseThis records the medieval (not necessarily the same as the modern) diocese in which the foundation lies.Cashel
BaronyGives the modern barony (as in TTPBI Index the baronies were rationalised in 19thC) in which the townland and civil parish are situated.Kilnamanagh Upr
CountyGives the county in which the barony lies.Tipperary
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 §23
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).Tax 1302-06 (Glankeen)
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
Medieval DedicationNotes medieval church-dedications to saints whether Irish or Continental.St Culan?
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 (nave and chancel); gvyd; well nrby to W (nos. 1855, 1946)
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.bell (iron: cl. 1 - 8th-9thC?) &; bell shrine (12thC?) of St Culan found in nrby hollow tree
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.Cooke 1852, 54-5; Hogan 1910, 441; O'Flanagan 1930, I, 188-9; Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 385; Bourke 1980, 59, 66; Ó Riain 1994, 254-5 (nn. 192-4); Farrelly &; O'Brien 2002, 244
AddendumIncludes fragments of additional information (or comments on the part of the compilers) relating to the site in question.OS 34: in Uí Luigdech Éle (Ileagh); founded by St Culan 7thC (Gwynn & Hadcock); ch surrend to Findbarr

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