DYSART, a parish, in the barony of FASSADINING, county of KILKENNY, and province of LEINSTER, 2¼ miles (S.) from Castlecomer, on the road to Kilkenny city ; containing 2501 inhabitants.
This parish is situated on the river Dinin ; and comprises 2606 statute acres.
It is a vicarage,
in the diocese of Ossory, appropriate to
the vicars choral of the cathedral of St. Canice, Kilkenny ; the rectory is
impropriety in the representatives of Sir James Tynte, Bart. The tithes
amount to £300, of which £200 is paid to the impropriator, and
£100 to the vicars choral. There is no church ; the parishioners attend
divine worship at Mothell.
In the Roman Catholic divisions it forms part of the union or district of Muckalee.
About 90 children
are educated in a public school.
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