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.: Inis Cheltra

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.Caimín; Mac-Creiche; Colum of Tír dá Glas
LineageThis records the reputed ancestral lines of individuals given in Doc Assoc.Uí Chennselaig; Ciarraige; Uí Briúin
TownlandGives the townland (name spelt as in TTPBI Index) in which the site is (or is thought to be) located.(Holy Isd, L. Derg)
ParishGives the civil (not ecclesiastical) parish in which the townland is situated.Inishcaltra
DioceseThis records the medieval (not necessarily the same as the modern) diocese in which the foundation lies.Killaloe
BaronyGives the modern barony (as in TTPBI Index the baronies were rationalised in 19thC) in which the townland and civil parish are situated.Tulla Upr
CountyGives the county in which the barony lies.Clare
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.VSH Salm (Colum T'glas §19, 28, 31); Mart.T (25 Mar); Mart.O; Mart.G; LL 352b 20, 354d 29; Lis 44b; LB 20
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.Ult 837 (bnd by vikings) - see also clerics; Tax 1302-06
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.coarbial + 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
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.Founder (?): 549 (Colum); abb: 785, 967 (Ann.FM =969); bishop: 951 (Ann.FM =953: Díarmait m Aichir); comarba: 1010; ancorita: 898 (Ann.FM =903)
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 site EC (traces of wooden bldg: excav by De Paor); ch ruin; rd twr
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, 47; Hogan 1910, 462; Ó Briain 1940, 461; Gwynn &; Gleeson 1962, 23-9; Ó Corráin 1973, 52-63; Ó Riain 1985, 201 (n. 290); Hamlin 1985, 285-8; Etchingham 1999, 180, 339; Lalor 1999; O'Keeffe 2003
AddendumIncludes fragments of additional information (or comments on the part of the compilers) relating to the site in question.Iniskeltair (Archdall); Dál Cais aligned by 10thC

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