Cill an Dísirt

Killadysert, from Cill an Dísirt (church of the hermitage), derives its name from its early ecclesiastical heritage. The parish was historically known in Irish as Disertmurtuile and Tuath-na-fearna (territory of the alder trees), reflecting both its monastic origins and natural landscape. A monastery was founded on Low Island (Inishloe/Inisluaidhe) by Saint Senan of Iniscattery in the early Chr...