placenamesDysert
An Díseart
Lewis described agricultural use of the parish’s abundant limestone.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Díseart · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Dysert · English · main form
Place & story
Limestone and upland pasture
In 1837 Samuel Lewis reported that Dysert’s abundant limestone was generally burned for use as agricultural manure. About half the parish consisted of rough mountain pasture and bog. South of Castleisland on the Killarney road, this Dysert also contained two separately described places of worship: church ruins in a burial ground and the remains of another church or chapel at Kilsarcon, with its own burial ground. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Kerry
- Barony
- Trughanacmy
- Coordinates
- 52.18526, -9.47234
- Mapped area
- 24.62 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1070 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Dysert. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Dysert or Disart, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.