Kildysart
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Kildysart Cill an Dísirt
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| Village, Parish | |
 Kildysart
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| Coordinates: 52°40′00″N 9°06′00″W / 52.6666667°N 9.1°WCoordinates: 52°40′00″N 9°06′00″W / 52.6666667°N 9.1°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Clare |
| Area= | |
| • Village, Parish | 63.37 km2 (24.47 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 35 m (115 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Village, Parish | 922 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (38/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 378 |
| • Rural | 544 |
| Irish Grid Reference | R252583 |
| Website | www |
Kildysart, officially Killadysert (from Irish: Cill an Dísirt, meaning "church of the wilderness"), is a village in County Clare, Ireland and a civil and Roman Catholic parish by the same name that surrounds the village. The village is being developed as a fishing destination.
The parish lies on the east border of the barony of Clonderalaw. It is 7 by 4 miles (11.3 by 6.4 km) and covers 12,859 acres (5,204 ha). It includes islands in the Fergus and Shannon Estuary, land along the western seaboard of the Fergus estuary and moor-covered uplands. The main island is Canon; other islands are Inishmacowney, Inishloe, Coney and Inishtubrid. Inland are the lakes of Gortglass and Cloonsnaghta.
The Catholic parish is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe. The village of Kildysart/Killadysert is on the north bank of the Shannon Estuary on the R473 coastal route between Ennis and Kilrush.
The parish contains the following townlands: Ballyleaan, Ballynacragga, Ballyvohane, Blean, Booltydoolan, Cahiracon, Canon Island, Cappanavarnoge, Cloonkett, Cloonsnaghta, Cloonulla, Coney Island, Cooga, Coolteengowan, Craghera, Crossderry, Crovraghan, Derrylea, Glenconaun Beg, Glenconaun More, Gortnacurra, Gortnahaha, Gortnavreaghaun, Inishcorker, Inishloe, Inichmacowney, Inishtubbrid, Killadysert, Lackannashinnagh, Liscormick, Lisnafaha, Lissyvurriheen, Rusheen, Shannacool and Shessiv.
A monastery is said to have been founded on Low Island by Saint Senan of Iniscattery, before Saint Patrick came into Munster. Saint Moronoc is said to have had a cell here at the time of Senan's death, called "the Penitentiary of Inisluaidhe". There were many Danish forts and tumuli in the parish. The Moland Report of 1703 said of "Kildizert" that it "has on it ye ruins of an old church and several cabins." The ruins of the old church still remained in the burial-ground near the shore as of 1837.
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