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.: Tuaim dá ghualann

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.Iarlaith
LineageThis records the reputed ancestral lines of individuals given in Doc Assoc.Conmaicne (LL 352c 45)
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.Townparks (2nd Division)
ParishGives the civil (not ecclesiastical) parish in which the townland is situated.Tuam
DioceseThis records the medieval (not necessarily the same as the modern) diocese in which the foundation lies.Tuam
BaronyGives the modern barony (as in TTPBI Index the baronies were rationalised in 19thC) in which the townland and civil parish are situated.Clare
CountyGives the county in which the barony lies.Galway
ProvinceGives both the civil province in which the county lies and the ecclesiastical province to which the diocese belongs.Connacht; Tuam
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; VSH (Brénainn 9-10; I directed there by B); Mart.O (26 Dec: Iarlaithe); Mart. G; Mart.D; LL 372d 35; Lis 31b; Colgan, Acta
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 1172 (synod); Ann.Ult 1177 (bnd.) - see also clerics; Inq 1574
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 + female
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.abb: 781, 900 (Ann.FM =905), 1032 (Ann.FM); princeps: 882 (Cormac, secnap Cl Ferta); bishop: nd (Iarlaithe eps LL 365d 22),1086, 1092, 1117, 1161 etc; airch.: 1128; comarba (Ann.FM): 1085, 1128, 1136; fer léiginn: 1097 (Ann.FM); clerics: 782, 949 (airch. - Ann.FM sa 947)
Medieval DedicationNotes medieval church-dedications to saints whether Irish or Continental.St Mary
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 ch SW of Cathedral
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 complex; eccl enclosure probable; cross-slab; high-cross head (nr later abbey - 3487); cathedral (Romanesque); ch ruin (13thC with Romanesque heads); ch site possible; gvyd (D-shaped), another gvyd possible (human bones found nr ch site) (nos. 3481, 3483-4, 3486, 3502)
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, 297-8; Hogan 1910, 648; O'Flanagan 1927, I, 31, 46, 63-4; Leask 1960, 72-3, 153-4; Gwynn &; Hadcock 1970, 98-100; Harbison 1975, 101-2; Swan 1983, 269-73; Ó Riain 1985, 334; Bradley &; Dunne 1992, 172; Mac Giolla Easpaig 1996, 801-04; Alcock et al 1999, 331-2
AddendumIncludes fragments of additional information (or comments on the part of the compilers) relating to the site in question.OS 29:15:6 - P. an Bhaile; 'ch site' rec 1574 as 'Chapel of St Bridget … then in ruins … probably founded for a chantry' (Archdall); assoc with Clonfert? (note Cormac 882)

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