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Dysert

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This is one of two parishes named Dysert in County Kerry. It is situated between Listowel and Lixnaw.

The other parish of Dysert lies near the modern settlements of Castleisland and Farranfore, and consists of three separate areas. and has a page here.

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"DYSERT, a parish in the baronies of Clanmaurice and Iraghticonnor, in the county of Kerry, province of Munster, Ireland, 3 miles S.W. of Listowel, its post town. It is situated on the river Brick. The surface consists of good soil, alternating with bog and moor. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe, value with Listowel, £335, in the patronage of Thomas Stoughton, Esq. There are ruins of the church and burial-ground. In the Roman Catholic arrangement the parish is partly included in the Lixnaw and partly in the Listowel union. Hero is a hedge school. Ennismore and Ballingar are the principal seats in this parish."

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Gazetteers

The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OSI grid reference Q9255730846 (Lat/Lon: 52.418991, -9.579962), Dysert which are provided by: