Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
Dysert, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dysert
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.43554, -9.59882
- SMR number
- KE010-062002-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Díseart Ó dTriallaigh (hermitage of Uí Thriallaigh - sept name). This early ecclesiastical enclosure is situated E of the River Feale, which flows NW to the River Cashen. The site is mentioned in the Ui Fiachrach genealogies and would appear to have a family name connected with it.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 834. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 3 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.