Abbey West

122 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Abbey West, from 5 m² to 297,916 m² (29.79 ha, 73.62 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Belharbour Settlement Plan, Clare · 41 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C5Tourism (Tourism and related)
  Belharbour Settlement Plan, Clare · 29 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Mixed Use (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Belharbour Settlement Plan, Clare · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space (Open space, park)
  Belharbour Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Enterprise (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Belharbour Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• O2Village Growth Area (General)
  Belharbour Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• O2Village Growth Area (General)
  Belharbour, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 2 Jun 2026Conditional

  to (a) remove the existing rear extension; (b) to construct a replacement rear extension; (c) to construct a new front extension; (d) to make elevational changes to the house; and (e) all associated site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660354

• 4 Oct 2024Conditional

  of relocated entranceway and front boundary wall to their land

  Retention · Clare County Council, 24316

• 19 Jul 2023Conditional

  for development which will consist of the construction of pony stables and associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 23411

• 31 Mar 2023Conditional

  for the following a) new single storey extension b) add/alter windows to existing dwelling house along with associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 23196

• 21 Feb 2023N/a

  to add a new single storey extension and window to existing dwelling house along with associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2393

• 29 Jun 2022Conditional

  for (1) the construction of three no. single storey dwelling houses with individual garages, effluent treatment systems and all associated services, (2) the RETENTION of dwelling house, storage shed and effluent treatment system on revised site boundaries previously granted under P18/1021 and (3) construction of shared access road to serve all 4 dwelling houses

  Permission, 3 homes · Clare County Council, 22575

• 15 Sept 2021Conditional

  for a single storey extension to the side/southern elevation of the existing dwelling incorporating a lean-to shed to the rear and all drainage and associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 21973

• 25 Jan 2021Conditional

  the development will consist of the following: provision of porch to front of dwelling, extension to rear of dwelling to accommodate sitting room, enlarged window on south-east gable end, new roof light to front of dwelling, along with associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2140

• 23 Dec 2020Refused

  for the construction of a dwelling house, garage, treatment unit and all associated services

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 201004

• 26 Nov 2020Conditional

  for change of house plan on revised site boundaries to that previously granted under planning reference P19/177

  Permission · Clare County Council, 20892

• 17 Oct 2019Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, garage, treatment unit and all associated services

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19796

• 11 Mar 2019Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, garage, treatment unit and all associated services

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19177

• 11 Dec 2018Conditional

  for 1.) Retention of a dwelling house and storage shed on revised site boundaries to that previously granted under P8-18787 & P94-38 & 2.) Relocation and upgrade of existing septic tank to treatment unit and polishing filter

  Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 181021

• 24 Oct 2018Conditional

  to renovate and extend an existing derelict cottage, along with associated site works including access road, waste water treatment system and service connections

  Permission · Clare County Council, 18843

• 26 Jan 2018Conditional

  for development which consists of the following: a single storey extension to existing house along with associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 1844

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: East Burren Complex SAC 001926
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: East Burren Complex 001926

Recorded monuments

• CL003-026 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a gentle S-facing downslope on good pastureland and bisected ENE–WSW by a road. Hachured on the 1842 and 1915 eds. of the OS 6-inch maps. The Battle of Corcomroe 1317 is indicated on the 1915 ed. OS 6-inch map as having taken place c. 500m to the NE, between this fort and Corcomroe Abbey (CL003-029002-) however, recent research has shown that the battle took place some 2km NW (CL003-027----). Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A poorly preserved oval rath (int. dims. 37.9m NNW–SSE; 33m ENE–WSW crest to crest) defined by an earthen bank (int. H 0.2–0.5m; H 0.8–1m from base of fosse to crest of bank) and outer fosse (Wth 1.6–3m; D 0.4–0.8m from base to outer crest). Several up-and-over cattle tracks cross the bank to the S of the road. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 15 December 2020

• CL003-028001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  On a gentle S-facing slope of rough grazing and outcropping rock from which numerous small spring wells emerge. Hachured as a small mound on the 1842 and 1915 eds. of the OS 6-inch maps. Listed as ‘Earthwork’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A classic horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt stone (20.8m E–W x 17.8m N–S; max H 1.8m) open to the NW with an additional mound of burnt stone between the two arms, creating an almost enclosed trough area (6.6m E–W x 6.5m N–S). Two burnt mounds (CL003-028003- and CL003-028004-) are located 20m W and 10m NW respectively and another fulacht fia (CL003-028002-) is located 50m to the N. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 15 December 2020

• CL003-028002 Fulacht fia
  Description

  On a gentle S-facing slope of rough grazing and outcropping rock from which numerous small spring wells emerge. Hachured as a small mound on the 1842 and 1915 eds. of the OS 6-inch maps. Listed as ‘Earthwork’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). An oval mound of burnt stone (overall dims. 13.3m N–S x 9.2m E–W) defined by a low, narrow, round-topped grass-covered bank of burnt stone enclosing a small central trough area (E–W 2.4m x N–S 1.4m). Springs emerge from the ground immediately outside to the NW and from the base of low outcropping rock nearby to N. A telephone pole stands in the outer face of the bank to the SW. Another fulacht fia (CL003-028001-) is located c. 60m to the S and two burnt mounds (CL003-028003- and CL003-028004-) are c. 50m SW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 15 December 2020

• CL003-028003 Burnt mound
  Description

  On a gentle S-facing slope of rough grazing and outcropping rock from which numerous small spring wells emerge. A low triangular-shaped mound of grass-covered burnt stone (max. L 2–9m N–S; max. Wth 2.4m E–W; H 0.6m). It is very slightly concave at its wider S end. A fulacht fia (CL003-028001-) lies 11m to the E and a burnt mound (CL003-028004-) is 15m NE. Another fulacht fia (CL003-028002-) lies c. 60m NNE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 15 December 2020

• CL003-028004 Burnt mound
  Description

  On a gentle S-facing slope of rough grazing and outcropping rock from which numerous small spring wells emerge. Immediately NW of a fulacht fia (CL003-028001-). A low rectangular grass-covered mound of burnt stone (overall dims. 9m NW–SE x 4m; max. H 0.9m). A small spring well enclosed by low drystone walling lies 2m to its N. Another burnt mound (CL003-028003-) lies c. 10m SW and another fulacht fia (CL003-028002-) is c. 50m N. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 15 December 2020

• CL003-029001 Walled garden
  Description

  Listed in the RMP (1996) as ‘Walled enclosure’. A subrectangular enclosure (int. dims. c. 250m ENE-WSW; c. 210m NNW-SSE) defined by the remains of an often substantial and well-built mortared stone wall defines the precincts of Corcomroe Abbey (CL003-029002-) with a gatehouse (CL003-029005-) at W. The wall is poorly preserved but is best seen at the N end of the E side (H 2.5m; Wth 0.95m) where there are undressed blocks and boulders in random courses. Along the N the wall is levelled and replaced by a later and largely tumbled field wall with the foundations of the older wall visible intermittently. The NE corner survives for 1.9m in length at the E end of the N wall and is traceable S for 25m where its line again is followed by a later wall. Midway along the E side a good 8m length survives. At S apart from a short length near the E end (Wth 3m; H 0.2m) the line is followed by an overgrown later field wall. The W side is only traceable as a foundation line between the SW corner and the road leading into the site. Immediately N of the road is the gatehouse and N of this the enclosing wall curves intermittently. The interior of the walled garden has been ‘striped’ with long narrow fields orientated NNW-SSE and the abbey stands to the S of centre within it. This is a national monument in State Care. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Mary Tunney Date of upload: 21 April 2015 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1986).

• CL003-029002 Religious house - Cistercian monks
  Description

  Listed in the RMP (1996) as ‘Abbey’. Situated in an unforgettable position amidst the stony mountains of the Burren, Corcomroe Cistercian abbey lies five miles west of Kinvara, on the S side of Galway Bay. Cultivation of the soil can never have been easy, but the spot was not as desolate as it first appears, a point appropriately made by the latin name of the abbey, Petra Fertilis. As there is no stream beside the monastery, its water supply probably came from local springs or a well. Tober Sheela (CL003-029004-) lies within the walled garden (CL003-029001-). The site was colonised from Inislounaght in 1194-5 and the founder was either Donal Mór O’Brien, king of Thomond, or his son Donough Cairbreach. The community was always small and in the later middle ages extremely poor. Although a titular abbot is named in 1628, the house had long ceased to exist as a monastic entity. In 1554 the abbey was granted to Murrough O’Brien, earl of Thomond, the site thus reverting to the same family who gave the original endowment over three hundred years before. The church (L 40m E-W) dates from 1210 to 1225, and was planned as a reduced version of the normal Cistercian scheme, with only one chapel opening off each transept. There is an aisled nave (Wth 7m), though the roughly built arches are not arranged symmetrically north and south and there is some doubt about whether a north aisle was ever built. The E end of the building is distinguished by the high quality of its stonework – carved capitals, decorated bases, chevron and other ornament – much of it characteristic of the ‘school of the west’. The presbytery is rib-vaulted in two bays with rubble cells in curved form. The diagonals are embellished with a triple roll moulding and the transverse arch between the two bays is ornamented with deeply undercut herringbone chevron reminiscent of the Lady Chapel at Glastonbury (Stalley 1987, 135). The E gable is lit by 3 narrow lancet windows with a fourth window above and the chapel off the S transept has good evidence of wicker centring. Before work progressed beyond the transepts a serious deterioration in quality occurred, perhaps due to the famines of 1227-8. In the later medieval period the church was shortened by an inserted wall, surmounted by a bell turret, and at the same time the roofs and upper walls were extensively remodelled. Fragmentary buildings survive in the S range and there a number of featureless ruins in the outer precincts (CL003-029006-, CL003-029008-), including the remains of a gatehouse (CL003-029005-). Inside the church is a magnificent sedile, a single-arched recess with an undivided seat. The pointed arch of the sedile is decorated with a late form of chevron and it rests on robust shafts with foliate capitals; the rear wall is embellished with two blind arches, each supported on corbels. There is an effigy (CL003-029007-) of King Conor na Suidane O’Brien (d. 1267), grandson of the founder and an effigy of a bishop (CL003-029008-). There are also some incised architectural drawings on the walls and a Viking-type ship graffito in the plaster on the N wall of the chancel (Rynne 1968, 76). Corcomroe Abbey is a national monument in State care, no. 11. Roofing of the presbytery and S transept was completed by the Office of Public Works in 2006. (Stalley 1987, 244) The following images are uploaded: CL003-029002-_01.jpg General view of Corcomroe Abbey buildings from SW. CL003-029002-_02.jpg View of Corcomroe from NW. CL003-029002-_03.jpg Internal view of nave from E. CL003-029002-_04.jpg View of Corcomroe in its setting in the landscape. CL003-029002-_05.jpg The rib vaulting over the presbytery. CL003-029002-_06.jpg Some of the carved capitals in the E of the church. CL003-029002-_07.jpg Some carved capitals as above. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 21 April 2015 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1986).

• CL003-029003 Graveyard
  Description

  The graveyard at Corcomroe Abbey (CL003-029002-) (int. dims. 50m NNW-SSE; 45m ENE-WSW) is enclosed by a modern stone wall surrounding the church. The burials are in kerbed rectangular plots with headstones dating to the 18-20th centuries. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Mary Tunney Date of upload: 21 April 2015

• CL003-029004 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Situated c. 70m SE of the abbey buildings at Corcomroe (CL003-029002-) just inside the line of the enclosing wall (CL003-029001-) and named ‘Tobersheela’on the 1915 OS 6-inch map. Two small rectangular rock-cut pools (D of water 0.3m; N pool: 1.4m E-W; 0.9m N-S; S pool: 1.15m E-W; 1.6m N-S) separated by an apparently set limestone block (Wth 0.55m; L 1.2m) and feeding a small stream to SW. Fenced off with barbed wire and wooden posts set in concrete and used as a watering hole. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Mary Tunney Date of upload: 21 April 2015 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1986).

• CL003-029005 Gatehouse
  Description

  Immediately N of a roadway on the W line of the walled garden (CL003-029001-) marking the precincts of Corcomroe Abbey (CL003-029002-). A gatehouse, the upper parts of which collapsed soon after 1839 (Stalley 1987, 176). Two parallel mortared stone walls (Wth 0.7m; H 4m; L 9.2m) oriented E-W, 5m apart. There is a plain flat-headed doorway (Wth 1m) at the W end of the N wall. On the enclosure wall immediately to the N and S are two narrow slit windows. According to Stalley (ibid.) the medieval gatehouse was manned by a porter whose attitude to visitors was not necessarily as warm-hearted as it should have been. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Mary Tunney Date of upload: 21 April 2015 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1986).

• CL003-029006 Building
  Description

  Situated c. 30m E of the abbey buildings at Corcomroe (CL003-029002-) and indicated on the 1915 OS 6-inch map. A rectangular building (10m NE-SW; 5.2m NW-SE) with a very overgrown mortared wall (Wth 0.7m; H 0.7m). A grassed-over wall line extends NW (L 7.7m; Wth 0.9m; H 0.8m) from close to the NW side wall of the building. A second building of similar size (orientated roughly E-W) c. 6m to the E is shown only on the OS 1st edition map. The function of these buildings and their relationship to the abbey is uncertain. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Mary Tunney Date of upload: 21 April 2015 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1986).

• CL003-029007 Tomb - effigial
  Description

  In a niche in the N wall of the chancel of the Cistercian Abbey at Corcomroe (CL003-029002-). It is normally difficult to establish who was buried in these ornate tombs, but in a couple of instances there is some certainty. In 1268 Conor O’Brien, King of Thomond, was killed by his cousin at the battle of Suidane and it is recorded that ‘his body was honourably interred in the monastery of East Burren [Corcomore] by monks of that convent, who also raised a grand marble figure to his memory’. Conor had ruled over Thomond for 26 years, though in the later part of his reign he was filled with despondency and no longer cared to play the king’. The monastery of Corcomroe was founded by Conor’s grandfather, 74 years earlier. An effigy of a king, attired in a shin-length tunic, still remains in a gabled recess at the abbey. The tomb fits the space perfectly and there is no reason to doubt that it is the monument of Conor O’Brien. It is a confident but gauche piece of carving by a mason who had little experience of figure sculpture. The king held a sceptre (now broken) in one hand and with the other he tugs at the cord of his mantle, a stylistic device used with finesse by 13th-century sculptors in France. As John Hunt observed (Hunt 1974, vol. 1, 119), the effigy is copied from that of Felim O’Conor (d. 1265) at Roscommon, though the latter has considerably more fluency and poise. The effigy is in a fairly good state of preservation. The head was damaged around 1890 and the right hand was mutilated in the early 1940s. The comparatively rough finish of the face suggests that the effigy was completed by a coat of gesso and polychrome as was usual at that period. (Hunt 1974, vol. 1, 119-20, no. 3; vol. 2, 43; Stalley 1987, 209) The following image is attached: CL003-029007-_01.jpg Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 21 April 2015 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1986).

• CL003-029008 Building
  Description

  Situated c. 20m S of the abbey buildings at Corcomroe (CL003-029002-) near the SW corner of the graveyard and indicated on the 1915 OS 6-inch map. A rectangular building (L 9m E-W; Wth 6m) with mortared stone walls (Wth 0.9m). The interior is filled with clay-covered rubble to a height of 1m above the external ground. A doorway (Wth 1.6m; H 2.4m) at the E end is framed in well-dressed stone. A doorway (Wth 1.5m; H 1.8m) at the W end of the N wall is more crudely built with a rough supporting arch and hanging eye. It is partially blocked. There is another doorway opposite in the S wall. A later internal dividing wall (Wth 1.2m) is visible in the rubble projecting from but not bonded to the inner face of the N wall. Two other buildings, slightly smaller in size, one c. 12.5m to the ESE, and one c. 25m to the SE, are indicated only on the OS 1st edition 6-inch map. The function of these buildings and their relationship to the abbey is uncertain. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Mary Tunney Date of upload: 21 April 2015 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1986).

• CL003-029009 Wall monument - effigial
  Description

  In the N wall of the chancel of the Cistercian church at Corcomroe (CL003-029002-) over King Conor’s effigial tomb (CL003-029007-) is a flat slab carved in low relief with the figure of a bishop placed under an architectural canopy. The effigy was discovered shortly before 1890. Hunt (1974, vol. 1, 119; vol. 2, 74) describes the effigy as follows: ‘The bishop is vested in alb and chasuble, with a mitre of peculiar form upon his head; the left hand holds a crozier, his right is raised in blessing. The treatment of the figure and details is most unusual. The chasuble rigidly confining the upper arms has a neck with an opening in the front, bordered with what is presumably the apparel of the amice. No stole is visible. The low mitre terminates in a trefoil ornament and appears to be of a particularly Irish form confined to the West and to districts not under English control. It may be compared to that shown on the E face of the Doorty cross at Kilfenora, Co. Clare (CL016-015006-) and on a much later slab from Faughart, Co. Louth, now in the National Museum. The out-turned crozier has a spherical knop and simple volute of romanesque type. The upper part of the slab is more deeply cut than the bottom, which appears to be unfinished, and the feet and legs, shown in profile, give the effect of having been hurriedly sketched in, preparatory to carving. The canopy is supported by side columns and a great part of the projection has been destroyed. Both in its form and in the decoration of its cusps with large stalked berries, it shows its relation to the two effigies in Ardfert Cathedral, Co. Kerry. The artist has obviously been inspired by a linear technique. The careful, hard and almost metallic treatment of the hands and head falls off into the flat though swelling roundnesses of the shoulders and chasuble, and the tradition of linear surface decoration is again shown in the artist’s need to occupy the whole available space, achieved by widening the vestment to balance the projection of the arms. The date of the effigy is uncertain, but it is probably a 13th-century work.’ The following images are attached: CL003-029009-_01.jpg Close-up of the head of the slab. CL003-029009-_02.jpg Full view of the slab. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 21 April 2015 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1986).

• CL003-029010 Graveslab
  Description

  Set into the floor of the presbytery of the Cistercian church at Corcomroe (CL003-029002-). A graveslab (L 1.9m; Wth at top 0.56m tapering to 0.42m) bearing a cross carved in low relief with fleur-de-lis terminals to the three arms of the cross and a similar terminal to the cross shaft. A square depression (0.03m x 0.03m) occurs in the centre of the cross head. A crack occurs one third along the length of the stone from the bottom. The slab is chamfered on all four edges to a depth of 0.03-0.04m. A 19th-century inscription superimposed on the upper portion of the cross reads: Michael Gallane/This Tomb The/Property of Patrick/Tool for him/& posterity/1828. (Carey 2008, 18). The following images are attached: CL003-029010-_01.jpg Close up of inscription superimposed on graveslab. CL003-029010-_02.jpg View of tapering slab from the W. Revised by: Mary Tunney Date of revision: 4 April 2016

• CL003-029011 Graveslab
  Description

  Reused as one of two lintels of the embrasure of the doorway from the S transept to the cloister of the church at Corcomroe (CL003-029002-). The lintel has an incised cross shaft which splays out at the bottom in what appears to be a broken fleur-de-lis terminal. About two thirds of the stone survive (L 1.3m; D 0.14m) but the top third is missing. The stone is tapered from top (Wth 0.46m) to bottom (Wth 0.38m) and the inner edge is chamfered to a depth of 0.04m. The outer edge has been cut so that it is flush with the inner wall of the S transept. Portions of ancient plaster still adhere to the lintel. (Carey 2008, 18-19). The following images are attached: CL003-029011-_01.jpg View of underside of lintel showing reused graveslab. CL003-029011-_02.jpg View of position of graveslab reused as a lintel. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 21 April 2015 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1986).

• CL003-029012 Graveslab
  Description

  Situated on the floor of the presbytery in Corcomroe Abbey (CL003-029002-). A graveslab bearing an inscription that reads: ‘Pray for the souls of John O’Dally and Marey Flanagane 1682’. The inscription appears to be superimposed on an earlier graveslab bearing a single-lined incised Latin cross with rounded terminals on a stepped base. The upper part of the cross is wheeled by a single line. Above the inscription cited above and slightly off-centre is a very small wheeled cross above which are the letters ‘INRI’ and below which are the letters ‘IHS’. (Carey 2008, 18). The following image is attached: CL003-029012-_01.jpg View of graveslab from E. Revised by: Mary Tunney Date of revision: 4 April 2016

• CL003-029013 Graveslab
  Description

  Situated on the floor of the presbytery in Corcomroe Abbey (CL003-029002-). A 16th/17th-century graveslab with an incised cross occupying its entire length. The base of the cross is stepped. The top of the cross has two horizontal arms of equal length with small crosses occupying the two crossing points. Ornate decorations surround the ends of the arms and the top of the main shaft. A cross-slab with a similarly stepped base and a superimposed 17th-century inscription (CL003-029012-) lies immediately to the N. The following image is attached: CL003-029013-_01.jpg View of graveslab from E. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 6 April 2016

• CL003-029014 Graveslab
  Description

  Several tapered and chamfered graveslabs occur in the abbey at Corcomroe (CL003-029002-) that no longer bear traces of carving. In 1893 the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead noted four cross-bearing slabs (see CL003-029010-, CL003-029011-, CL003-029012- and CL003-029013-). (Carey 2008, 18-19) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 6 April 2016 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1986).

Architectural heritage

• Abbey House, house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1820, with two-bay single-storey extension to rear, c. 1985. Hipped slate roof with cut-stone chimneystacks. Rendered walls with render quoins and render surround to entrance door. Timber sliding sash windows with external shutter additions. Replacement timber panelled door. Detached four-bay single-storey outbuilding with half-dormer attic to site. Cut-stone piers having cast-iron gates and stile.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Abbey West, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Abbey West.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Abbey West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Abbey West · An Mhainistir Thiar

Area

1,815,331 m² (181.53 ha, 448.58 acres)

Civil parish

Abbey, and its townlands

Barony

Burren

Electoral division

Abbey, the unit of the census

Census 2022

525 people lived in 212 households in the Abbey electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 24% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Abbey East, Behagh, Dooneen, Knockycallanan, Moneen, Oughtmama, Sheshia

Placenames

Abbey West on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address. Old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.