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.: Inber Colptha? (Mornington)

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.Athchaín (Inbir Cholpthai); Mo-Chóemóc; Brénainn?
TownlandGives the townland (name spelt as in TTPBI Index) in which the site is (or is thought to be) located.Mornington (Marinerstown)
ParishGives the civil (not ecclesiastical) parish in which the townland is situated.Colp
DeaneryThis records the rural deanery (a sub-division of the diocese) to which the parish belongs.Duleek
DioceseThis records the medieval (not necessarily the same as the modern) diocese in which the foundation lies.Meath
BaronyGives the modern barony (as in TTPBI Index the baronies were rationalised in 19thC) in which the townland and civil parish are situated.Duleek Lwr
CountyGives the county in which the barony lies.Meath
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.LL 373a 26 (Atchaín); Mart.T; Mart.G (Mo-Chóemóc); Boll, Acta, LXII (Brénainn of Glass dá Cholptha)
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).Lhanthony Chrtrs c.1182 (grant by De Lacy to Augustinians); Tax 1302-06 (Eccl S Columbae de Colp)
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 Columba
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.Columban/Iona?
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 (no. 1370); cross-frag ringed 10thC (no. 1530); gvyd (EC burials - poss British rites); ch ruin (Augustinian 12/13thC - on earlier 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.Archdall 1786, 527-8; Cogan 1862, 177-8; Hogan 1910, 285, 438, 457; Ó Riain 1985, 325; Moore 1987, 132, 148; Harbison 1994, 43; Ó Muraíle 1997, 208; Bhreathnach 2005, 411-12
AddendumIncludes fragments of additional information (or comments on the part of the compilers) relating to the site in question.landing place of Patrick (Muirchú); Athchaín putative br of Colmán of Rechru, Ernain of Torach, Mo-Chap of Cell Mór etc (LL 373); nr emporium of Inber C.?

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