| 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. | Colmán (Colgan) |
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| TownlandGives the townland (name spelt as in TTPBI Index) in
which the site is (or is thought to be) located. | Garryhundon? |
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| ParishGives the civil (not ecclesiastical) parish in which the townland is situated. | Clonmelsh? |
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| DioceseThis records the medieval (not necessarily the same as the modern) diocese in which the foundation lies. | Leighlin |
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| BaronyGives the modern barony (as in TTPBI Index the baronies were rationalised in 19thC) in which the townland and civil parish are situated. | Carlow |
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| CountyGives the county in which the barony lies. | Carlow |
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| ProvinceGives both the civil province in which the county lies and the ecclesiastical province to which the diocese belongs. | Leinster; Dublin |
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| 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. | Bede, Hist.Eccl, §27?; Colgan, Acta, 793 (14 Dec) |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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? oval encl (now quarried away, OS Map 1st ed) |
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| 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, 574; Ó Cróinín 1984, 17-42; Fanning 1984, 43-9; O'Brien 1993, 94 |
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| AddendumIncludes fragments of additional information (or
comments on the part of the compilers) relating to the site in question. | loc 1/4 mile E of Cell Éogain, or same as Cluain Máelsige? (qqv) |
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