Disert (from Irish Diseart 'The Hermitage')[1] is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland.

Geography

Disert is bounded on the north by Coolnashinny townland; on the west by Aghabane, Derrindrehid, and Killygowan townlands; on the south by Bawn townland; and on the east by Killytawny townland.

Its chief geographical features are Aghabane Lough,[2] Disert Lough,[3] the Croghan river, small streams, a spring well, and a wood. Disert is traversed by the regional R199 road, minor public roads, and rural lanes. The townland covers 106 acres, including 18 acres of water.[4]

Etymology

The earliest surviving reference to the townland appears to be in the medieval Irish manuscript An Leabhar Breac, compiled in c.1409. Page 238C is a copy of the Amra Coluim Chille, written by Saint Dallán Forgaill of Kildallan, and refers to "Dallan o Disirt Dallain" (Dallan from the Hermitage of Dallan).[5]

The 1609 Plantation of Ulster Map depicts the townland as Disert.[6] A government grant of 1610 spells the name as Disert. A 1629 Inquisition also gives the name as Disert.[7] John Colgan's 1645 book Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae, under 29 January, spells the name as Disert Dallain, Diseart Dallain and Deserto Sanctus Dallani.[8] The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells the name as Deeshert.

History

It would seem from the early 15th century reference in An Leabhar Breac that Dallan Forgaill used the townland as a retreat at the end of the 6th century, perhaps because it would have been surrounded by water at the time. A sub-division of the townland is called Corredonagh, which is a corruption of Cor Domhnach, meaning 'the round hill of the church', which may confirm the etymology. From medieval times until the early 1600s, the land belonged to the McKiernan Clan. The present-day townland of Coragh formed part of Disert until the 1650s.

In the Plantation of Ulster, by letters patent dated 23 July 1610 King James VI and I granted the Manor of Clonyn or Taghleagh, which included one poll of Disert, to Sir Alexander Hamilton of Innerwick, Scotland.[7] On 29 July 1611, Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester and others reported that:

Sir Alexander Hamilton, Knt, 2,000 acres in the county of Cavan; has not appeared: his son Claude took possession, and brought three servants and six artificers; is in hand with building a mill; trees felled; raised stones and hath competent arms in readiness. Besides the above named there are arrived upon that portion since our return from the journey (as we are informed) twelve tenants and artificers who intend to reside there and build upon the same.[9]

An Inquisition held at Cavan on 10 June 1629 stated that the poll of Disert contained two sub-divisions named Corrach and Corredonagh. It also described the boundary of the townland:

> Disert 1/2 a pole meered all upon the southe and east by the logh and river, and upon the north, boundinge upon the Croghin, by a boge betwixt the river and the logh on the west, and from that logh over to the logh and river upon the west side, by an edge betwixt Tachubane, Disert-Corrogh and Corredomahe; the other 1/2 pole of Disert bounding to the Rushskein and Leachin, on the south, thorowe a boge to a logh, and bounding upon the west to Machie thorowe a woode on drye grounde to Tachabane, on the north and east meered by a boge and runninge brooke into the river, belowe the foorde of Bellaghinfin.[10]

The 1652 Commonwealth Survey states that the owner was Sir Francis Hamilton.

In the Hearth Money Rolls compiled on 29 September 1663[11] there was one Hearth Tax payer in Disert- William Lotartty.

The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the townland name as Disart.[12]

The 1825 Tithe Applotment Books list three tithepayers in the townland.[13]

The Disert Valuation Office books are available for April 1838.[14][15]

There is an estate map and detailed description of Disert in 1849.[16]

Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists two landholders in the townland.[17]

The landlord of Disert in the 19th century was James Hamilton.

The Cavan Archives Service holds an assignment dated 12 March 1903 (reference number P017/0164):

Assignment made between Robert Claude Hamilton, Drummany House, County Cavan, esquire, of the first part, William Joseph Hamilton, Castlehamilton, County Cavan, D.L., of the second part, and Richard Allen and William Henry Halpin, both Cavan, County Cavan, solicitors, the trustees, of the third part. States that Robert Claude Hamilton holds part of the lands of Disert (Dysart or Desert), barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, containing 42 acres, 3 roods and 31 perches statute measure, as tenant from year to year of William Joseph Hamilton at annual rent of £30. Robert Claude Hamilton has agreed to sell his interest in the tenancy of William Joseph Hamilton for sum of £250. Latter is a limited owner of the lands. In order to avoid a merger of the tenancy it has been agreed that the lands should be assigned to the parties of the third part in trust.[18]

Census

Year Population Males Females Total Houses Uninhabited
184154121
1851138520
186173420
1871127520
1881148620
189121110

In the 1901 census of Ireland, there was one family listed in the townland.[19]

In the 1911 census of Ireland, there was one family listed in the townland.[20]

Antiquities

  1. Croaghan Bridge.

References

  1. ↑ "Placenames Database of Ireland - Disert". Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  2. ↑ "Guide to Coarse Angling in The Erne & South Donegal". fisheriesireland.ie. Inland Fisheries Ireland. 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Fishing in Ireland". fishinginireland.info. Inland Fisheries Ireland. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  4. ↑ "The IreAtlas Townland Database". thecore.com/seanruad/. Leitrim-Roscommon Genealogy Web Site. 14 June 1999. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  5. ↑ "MS 23 P 16 (An Leabhar Breac)". Irish Script on Screen. School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "Image: 1609-hi_Clonyn.jpg, (815 × 1286 px)". cavantownlands.com. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  7. 1 2 Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae Asservatarum Repertorium, Vol. II. Printed by Command of His Majesty King George IV. in Pursuance of an Address of the House of Commons of Great Britain and Ireland. His Majesty's Printers, Dublin. 1829. p. 118. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  8. ↑ Colgan, John (14 September 2018). "Acta Sanctorvm Veteris Et Maioris Scotiae, Sev Hiberniae Sanctorvm Insvlae: Partim ex variis per Europam MS. Codd. exscripta, partim ex antiquis monumentis & probatis Authoribus eruta & congesta; omnia Notis & Appendicibus illustrata. Qui de sacris Hiberniae Antiquitatibus est Tertivs Ianuarium, Februarium, [et] Martium complectens. Tomvs Primvs". Apud Everardvm De Witte – via Google Books. page 204
  9. ↑ Brewer, J.S.; Bullen, William, eds. (1974) [1873]. Calendar of the Carew Manuscripts, Preserved in the Archiepiscopal Library at Lambeth. Nendeln, Liechtenstein: Kraus Reprint, a Division of Kraus-Thomson Organization Limited. p. 78. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  10. ↑ Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae Asservatarum Repertorium, Vol. II. Printed by Command of His Majesty King George IV. in Pursuance of an Address of the House of Commons of Great Britain and Ireland. 1829. p. 120. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  11. ↑ The Hearth Money Rolls for the Baronies of Tullyhunco and Tullyhaw, County Cavan, edited by Rev. Francis J. McKiernan, in Breifne Journal. Vol. I, No. 3 (1960), pp. 247-263
  12. ↑ "A List of the Several Baronies and Parishes, In the County of Cavan, with all the Denominations of Land in each Parish, Alphabetically Arranged; Together, with the Carvaghs Contained in each Denomination; Carefully extracted from an Origional Manuscript" (PDF). cavanlibrary.ie. Cavan: Henry Ireland. 1709. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  13. ↑ "The Tithe Applotment Books, 1823-37". titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  14. ↑ "Census 1821 - 1" (PDF). Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  15. ↑ "Census 1821 - 2" (PDF). Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  16. ↑ "Valuation Survey The Castle Hamilton Estate of James Hamilton, Esq. Situate in the County of Cavan" (PDF). cavanlibrary.ie. Dublin: Hodges & Smith. 1849. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  17. ↑ "Griffith's Valuation". askaboutireland.ie. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  18. ↑ "Small Private Collections Archive Service" (PDF). cavanlibrary.ie. Cavan County Council/Comhairle Chontae an Chabháin. 23 October 2008. p. 81. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  19. ↑ "Census of Ireland 1901 - Houses in Disert (Killeshandra, Cavan)". census.nationalarchives.ie. The National Archives of Ireland. 1901. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  20. ↑ "Census of Ireland 1911 - Houses in Disert (Killeshandra, Cavan)". census.nationalarchives.ie. The National Archives of Ireland. 1911. Retrieved 19 October 2016.

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