placenamesDysert
An Díseart
The O’Dea association made the Clare site a meeting place for an international family network from 1990 onward.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Díseart · Irish · main form
- Dysert · English · main form
Place & story
An association formed in 1990
The Dysert O’Dea Clan Association traces its foundation to an international gathering in 1990. Participants met at Dysert and in Ennis, forming an organisation to connect members and encourage genealogical and historical research. They elected Wisconsin resident John B. O’Day, the castle’s owner and restorer, as their first chieftain. This was an office within the modern association, whose elected succession is recorded separately from medieval lordship. [2]
Remembering a chaplain in the castle
Richard Cronin’s report of the fifth gathering, held on 5–8 July 2002, records more than 120 participants from several countries. Events ranged across Clare. At Dysert Castle, a Saturday breakfast brought members together, and Abbot Christopher Dillon unveiled a chapel plaque commemorating the late clan chaplain, Dom Bernard O’Dea of Glenstal Abbey. The occasion gave the restored building a new commemorative role. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Dysert. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Origins of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association and elected chieftains · Dysert O’Dea Clan Association
- Fifth International O’Dea Clan Gathering, July 2002: participant report · Richard Cronin; also published in The Clare Champion, 19 July 2002
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2012-12-21. How this page was prepared.