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DUR
province of Munster, 5 miles (s. s.w.) from Bantry,
on the road to Dunmanus bay; containing 5290 inha-
bitants. This parish is situated on the south side of
the bay of Bantry, and comprises 9793 statute acres, as
applotted under the tithe act, and valued at £3716 per
annum; 2562 acres are arable, 622 pasture, and 50
bog, the remainder being coarse land. The surface is
very uneven, and in some parts rises into mountains of
considerable elevation, but, although parts are rocky
and bare, cultivation extends, and much of the waste
land is reclaimable. The principal manure used is sea-
sand, which is brought up the bay and landed at many
little creeks on both sides of it. The bay is a remark-
able inlet, extending from Sheeps-head to Four-mile-
water, a distance of 16 miles, and deep enough for the
largest ships, which are occasionally driven in by ad-
verse winds. A manor court for the recovery of debts
under 40s. is held once a month; and petty sessions
every fortnight. At Carrigboy there is a constabulary
police station. The gentlemen’s seats are Four-mile-
water Court, that of the Rev. Alleyn Evanson; Ardo-
guina, of R. T. Evanson, Esq.; O’Donovan’s Cove, of
T. O’Donovan, Esq.; Blair’s Cove, of R. R. Blair, Esq.;
Fort Lodge, of R. O’Donovan, Esq.; and the glebe-
house, of the Rev. E. J. Alcock. The living is a vicar-
age, in the diocese of Cork, united in 1792, by act of
council, with that of Kilcrohane, and in the patronage
of the Bishop; the rectory is impropriate in the Earl
of Donoughmore: the tithes amount to £350, of which
£170 is payable to the impropriator, and the remain-
der to the vicar; and the entire tithes of the benefice
amount to £415. There are two glebes, one in Durrus of
51a. 2r. 7p., the other in Kilcrohane of 5a. lr. 35p.
The church, near Four-mile-water, is a neat building,
erected in 1792 by aid of a gift of £500 from the late
Board of First Fruits; the tower was considerably
raised and embattled in 1830. The R. C. union or
district is co-extensive with that of the Established
Church; there are three chapels, one of which is near
Four-mile-water, another at Aghakisky, and the third
in Kilcrohane. There is also a place of worship for
Wesleyan Methodists. Here are five public schools, in
which about 520 children are taught. The. only remains
of antiquity are the ruins of Rossmore castle. Near
Friendly Cove is a strong chalybeate spring efficacious
in liver complaints.
DURSEY, an island, in the parish of Kilnaman-
nagh, barony of Bere, county of Cork, and province
of Munster, 8 miles (S. W.) from Castletown; con-
taining 198 inhabitants. On this island part of the
French army landed in 1796, and on the following day
were taken prisoners in Castletown. After this the
government erected a signal tower on the highest point
of the island, which formed the first of a line of signal
stations that extended to Cork. Dursey is situated off
the south-west coast, at the extremity of a peninsula
whose shores border the entrances to Bantry bay and
Bearhaven on one side, and to the river Kenmare on
the other. It is in lat. 51° 34’ 40”, and Ion. 10° 15’,
extending 1¼ mile in length by ½ a mile in breadth, and
comprises 754 acres, the greater part of which is a
rough mountainous tract, interspersed with rocky pas-
ture and coarse arable land. It is the property of the
Earl of Bantry. Between the island and the mainland
is a narrow sound, through which vessels may sail with
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a favourable wind and tide; and near it is Ballydona-
ghan bay, which is deep water, having from 20 to
30 fathoms close to the shore. Contiguous to the
island are several rocks. Near the ferry crossing the
sound are the remains of a very old church, called
Our Lady’s abbey, consisting of part of the walls
only.
DYNISH, county of Clare.—See INNISMAC-
NAUGHTEN.
DYSART, or DISERT, a parish, partly in the ba-
rony of Iraghticonnor, but chiefly in that of Clan-
maurice, county of Kerry, and province of Munster,
6 miles (S. S.W.) from Listowel, on the river Brick;
containing 631 inhabitants. It comprises 3608 statute
acres, as applotted under the tithe act, including some
excellent land. There is a considerable portion of bog,
affording fuel of good quality: the state of agricul-
ture is gradually improving. Ballinagar is the seat of
the representatives of the late John Barnard, Esq.
The parish is in the diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe;
the vicarage forms part of the union of Aghavallin, and
the rectory is impropriate in Anthony Stoughton, Esq.
The tithes amount to £133. 16. 10., payable in moieties
to the impropriator and the vicar; and at Ballinagar is
a glebe of 13 acres. In the R. C. divisions it is partly
in the union or district of Listowel, but chiefly in that
of Lixnaw, or Iveamore. About 70 children are edu-
cated in a private school. The ruins of the ancient
church still remain in the burial-ground. Ennismore,
the residence of J. F. Hewson, Esq., gives the titles of
( Baron and Viscount to the family of Hare, Earls of
Listowel.
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 3
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, Kil-
kenny; the rectory is impropriate in the representa-
tives 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
R. C. divisions it forms part of the union or district of
Muckalee. About 90 children are educated in a public
school.
DYSART, a parish, in the barony of Ferrard,
county of Louth, and province of Leinster, 2 miles
(E. by S.) from Dunleer, on the coast road from Drogh-
eda to Dundalk; containing 699 inhabitants. The
land is of superior quality and well cultivated: about
two-thirds are in tillage, and there are about 50 acres
of bog. The village of Grange Bellew, consisting of
about 25 houses, occupied by the labourers of Sir Pa-
trick Bellew, Bart., has a neat appearance. There is
a mill for grinding oatmeal, and another for dressing
flax. Barmeath, the residence of Sir Patrick Bellew,
stands in a richly wooded demesne, commanding exten-
sive views. The old castle of John Bellew (one of the
lords of the English pale) is incorporated in the present
mansion; and in the demesne is Windmill Hill, on
which is a circular tower forming a conspicuous land
mark. The parish is in the diocese of Armagh, and is
a rectory, forming part of the union of Dunleer: the