DESERT, a parish, in the barony of BARRYMORE,
county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, l½ mile
(S. E.) from Rathcormac; containing 1141 inhabitants.
It is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Cloyne,
forming part of the union of Gortroe, into which parish
it has entirely merged, and with which the tithes are
returned. In the R. C. divisions it is in the union or
district of Rathcormac. The schools and further details
are noticed under the head of Gortroe.