placenamesDesertserges
An Díseart
St Mary’s church preserves a record of nineteenth-century building and alteration at Desertserges.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Díseart · Irish · main form · validated name
- Desertserges · English · main form
Place & story
An early nineteenth-century church
St Mary’s dates from the early nineteenth century. Parish historian Judith F. Hubbard-Jones records a grant of authority for new pews in September 1846 and identifies them with the pews still present when she wrote in 2008. [2]
Plans for enlargement
The Irish Architectural Archive catalogues Joseph Welland’s signed drawings of March 1847 for alterations at St Mary’s, including a new south wall, chancel and north windows. A later set by Welland and Gillespie records proposals for an extra eastern bay and a polygonal chancel, with a building contract dated 1865 naming James Hunter as contractor. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Carbery East (E.D.)
- Civil parish
- Desertserges
- Coordinates
- 51.72631, -8.86845 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1166017 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Desertserges. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- A Short History of a Very Long Time at St Mary’s Desertserges, Co. Cork (2008) · Judith F. Hubbard-Jones, Kinneigh Union
- Desertserges, Church of St Mary (CI): works catalogue · Irish Architectural Archive, Dictionary of Irish Architects
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.