Desert

DESART, a parish, partly in the barony of IBANE and BARRYROE, and partly in the East Division of EAST-CARBERY, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 1 mile (E.by S.) from Clonakilty; containing 744 inhabitants. It is situated on the bay of Clonakilty, and comprises 582 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and valued at £401 per annum. Although elevated, about half of it is under tillage, principally for wheat and potatoes; and the remainder is mountain pasture. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Ross, and forms part of the union of Kilgarriffe; the rectory is appropriate to the Dean of Ross. The tithes amount to £75, of which £40 is payable to the appropriator, and £35 to the vicar. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district of Clonakilty. On an elevated site near the shore are the ruins of a church, which measured only about 20 feet by 12. [from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837.]

"DESART, a parish in the baronies of Ibane, Barryroe, and East Carbery, in the county of Cork, province of Munster, Ireland, near Clonakilty. It is situated at the head of Clonakilty Bay. The surface is hilly, and the soil rich. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ross, value with Kilgariffe, £335, in the patronage of the bishop." [The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 by Colin Hinson ©2018]