Traditional AssociationGives the names of Early Christian ecclesiastics whose association with the sites concerned is based on tradition, dedication or placename association. | Brigit |
TownlandGives the townland (name spelt as in TTPBI Index) in
which the site is (or is thought to be) located. | Balscadden |
ParishGives the civil (not ecclesiastical) parish in which the townland is situated. | Balscadden |
DeaneryThis records the rural deanery (a sub-division of the diocese) to which the parish belongs. | Swords |
DioceseThis records the medieval (not necessarily the same as the modern) diocese in which the foundation lies. | Dublin |
BaronyGives the modern barony (as in TTPBI Index the baronies were rationalised in 19thC) in which the townland and civil parish are situated. | Balrothery East |
CountyGives the county in which the barony lies. | Dublin |
ProvinceGives both the civil province in which the county lies and the ecclesiastical province to which the diocese belongs. | Leinster; Dublin |
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). | Alen's Reg c.1185 (ch of Ralph Passelewe's Vill); Cal.Doc.Ire 1256; Cr.Mihi c.1280? (Baliscadan) |
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. | female? |
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. | Brigidine/Kildare? (uncert) |
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 of 'eye well'; 'Tobersool'; - visits to |
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 poss (street alignment apparently circ.); wells: St Mary; St Brigit's in adj tld |
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. | street alignment - apparently circular |
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, 89; Ó Danachair 1958, 72; Simms & Fagan 1992; MacShamhráin 2005a, 142 |
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