| TownlandGives the townland (name spelt as in TTPBI Index) in
which the site is (or is thought to be) located. | Killybegs |
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| ParishGives the civil (not ecclesiastical) parish in which the townland is situated. | Killybegs Upr |
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| DioceseThis records the medieval (not necessarily the same as the modern) diocese in which the foundation lies. | Raphoe |
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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. | Banagh |
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| CountyGives the county in which the barony lies. | Donegal |
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| ProvinceGives both the civil province in which the county lies and the ecclesiastical province to which the diocese belongs. | Ulster; Armagh |
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| 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). | Tax 1302-06; Ann.Ult 1513 (bnd) |
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| Medieval DedicationNotes medieval church-dedications to saints whether Irish or Continental. | St Catherine |
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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 (poss EC); encl - arc preserved in curving rd to W (MacSh); eccl cas (14thC) on site; ch ruin NE of site, 15thC Franciscan friary; well St Catherine |
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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, 26; Boyle 2008, 93 |
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| AddendumIncludes fragments of additional information (or
comments on the part of the compilers) relating to the site in question. | 'Cat's Cas' - corruption of Catherine; orig fndtn 6thC or 12thC (local inform) |
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