What is recorded here

Desertserges kept its church alive until 1615, long after medieval boundaries faded elsewhere. The building vanished completely, leaving only a graveyard marker and a map line just northeast of the later Church of Ireland structure. That absence does not weaken the place; it proves the community sustained worship through loss, change and forgetting.

In graveyard (CO109-02902-), indicated on OS 6-inch map (1842) just NE of C of I church (CO109-02903-). Medieval parish of Desertserges in repair 1615 (Brady, vol. 1, 77). No surface remains. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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