Dysertmore,
Desertmoon or Dysartmoon Civil Parish, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
DYSERTMORE,
or DESERTMOON, a parish, in the barony of IDA, county
of KILKENNY, and province of LEINSTER, 4 miles (S.) from
Innistioge, on the river Nore ; containing 1764 inhabitants.
It comprises
5773 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and is a vicarage,
in the diocese of Ossory, forming
part of the union of Rossbercon ; the rectory is impropriate
in the Corporation of Waterford. The tithes, which amount to £270,
are equally divided between the corporation and the vicar.
In the
Roman Catholic divisions also this parish is part of the union
or district of Rossbercon.
About
100 children are educated in two private schools; there is also a Sunday
school.
