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.: Granairet

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.Guasacht Eps s of Milchú
TownlandGives the townland (name spelt as in TTPBI Index) in which the site is (or is thought to be) located.Granard
ParishGives the civil (not ecclesiastical) parish in which the townland is situated.Granard
DioceseThis records the medieval (not necessarily the same as the modern) diocese in which the foundation lies.Ardagh
BaronyGives the modern barony (as in TTPBI Index the baronies were rationalised in 19thC) in which the townland and civil parish are situated.Granard
CountyGives the county in which the barony lies.Longford
ProvinceGives both the civil province in which the county lies and the ecclesiastical province to which the diocese belongs.Leinster; 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.Trip.Life 90; VSH (Samthann §23-4); Mart.T (24 Jan); Mart.G; 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.FM 1069 (=1070 pl. by Uí Chennselaig) - 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
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.cleric: 770 (Ann.Ult - Fiachre); airch (10thC? Trip.Life)
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 that site was 'old town of Granard'; well blessed by Patrick &; used for drinking only (O'Donovan)
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 (St Patrick's Cnoc Rathat?); possible rd twr site; well: St Patrick to E (400yds SE of Granardkille: O'Donovan 1837)
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.Hogan 1910, 449, 548; MacNamee 1954, 34-41, 97-8, 645-6, 650-1, 655; Gwynn &; Hadcock 1970; Charles-Edwards 2000, 33, 36, 448; Harrington 2002, 180, 226
AddendumIncludes fragments of additional information (or comments on the part of the compilers) relating to the site in question.link with Cluain Brónaig: airch ordained nuns (Trip.Life), Samthann & Nathea visit G.; Muintir G. (Uí Siritéin)

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