# Abbeylands, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Kilbarron, barony of Tirhugh, Co. Donegal.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 789,294 m² (78.93 ha, 195.04 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 145 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,002 m² (0.2 ha, 0.49 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 17 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilbarron, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/kilbarron.md
- Barony: Tirhugh
- Electoral division: Ballyshannon Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,738 people lived in 624 households in the Ballyshannon Rural electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 16% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/13801
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 50003
- Centre: latitude 54.512491, longitude -8.204449 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

145 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Abbeylands, from 97 m² to 66,419 m² (6.64 ha, 16.41 acres); 29 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1308927: 66,419 m² (6.64 ha, 16.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1308927.md
- Parcel 1353897: 36,268 m² (3.63 ha, 8.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1353897.md
- Parcel 4973314: 33,542 m² (3.35 ha, 8.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4973314.md
- Parcel 1348170: 27,715 m² (2.77 ha, 6.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1348170.md
- Parcel 1314058: 26,605 m² (2.66 ha, 6.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314058.md
- Parcel 1348148: 24,819 m² (2.48 ha, 6.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1348148.md
- Parcel 1353898: 21,249 m² (2.12 ha, 5.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1353898.md
- Parcel 1319966: 20,009 m² (2 ha, 4.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1319966.md
- Parcel 1353899: 19,781 m² (1.98 ha, 4.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1353899.md
- Parcel 1319339: 19,628 m² (1.96 ha, 4.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1319339.md
- Parcel 1314054: 19,241 m² (1.92 ha, 4.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314054.md
- Parcel 1314068: 18,152 m² (1.82 ha, 4.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314068.md
- Parcel 1348149: 17,737 m² (1.77 ha, 4.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1348149.md
- Parcel 1314069: 16,441 m² (1.64 ha, 4.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314069.md
- Parcel 1348153: 16,177 m² (1.62 ha, 4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1348153.md
- Parcel 1348151: 15,676 m² (1.57 ha, 3.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1348151.md
- Parcel 1317645: 14,486 m² (1.45 ha, 3.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1317645.md
- Parcel 1419484: 14,126 m² (1.41 ha, 3.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1419484.md
- Parcel 1314066: 13,257 m² (1.33 ha, 3.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314066.md
- Parcel 5052007: 12,854 m² (1.29 ha, 3.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5052007.md
- Parcel 1378402: 12,578 m² (1.26 ha, 3.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1378402.md
- Parcel 1314057: 12,356 m² (1.24 ha, 3.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314057.md
- Parcel 1314056: 11,373 m² (1.14 ha, 2.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314056.md
- Parcel 1348150: 9,827 m² (0.98 ha, 2.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1348150.md
- Parcel 1348165: 9,753 m² (0.98 ha, 2.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1348165.md
- Parcel 1348596: 7,367 m² (0.74 ha, 1.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1348596.md
- Parcel 1348514: 6,107 m² (0.61 ha, 1.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1348514.md
- Parcel 1369964: 6,020 m² (0.6 ha, 1.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1369964.md
- Parcel 1387672: 5,444 m² (0.54 ha, 1.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1387672.md
- Parcel 1313723: 5,269 m² (0.53 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1313723.md
- Parcel 1353900: 5,054 m² (0.51 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1353900.md
- Parcel 1345143: 4,645 m² (0.46 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1345143.md
- Parcel 1374745: 4,579 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1374745.md
- Parcel 1373786: 4,445 m² (0.44 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1373786.md
- Parcel 1335181: 4,377 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1335181.md
- Parcel 1314055: 4,223 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314055.md
- Parcel 1329557: 4,188 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1329557.md
- Parcel 1372858: 3,847 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1372858.md
- Parcel 4759765: 3,833 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4759765.md
- Parcel 1318151: 3,765 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1318151.md
- Parcel 1411874: 3,694 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1411874.md
- Parcel 5068014: 3,648 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5068014.md
- Parcel 5009378: 3,602 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5009378.md
- Parcel 4860215: 3,426 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4860215.md
- Parcel 1308929: 3,319 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1308929.md
- Parcel 1348167: 3,307 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1348167.md
- Parcel 5663853: 2,997 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5663853.md
- Parcel 1376111: 2,894 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376111.md
- Parcel 1403310: 2,780 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1403310.md
- Parcel 1398221: 2,669 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1398221.md
- Parcel 1411234: 2,667 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1411234.md
- Parcel 1420741: 2,667 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1420741.md
- Parcel 4657151: 2,611 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4657151.md
- Parcel 1326163: 2,592 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1326163.md
- Parcel 2723752: 2,453 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2723752.md
- Parcel 1304635: 2,438 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1304635.md
- Parcel 1384113: 2,430 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1384113.md
- Parcel 4644479: 2,347 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4644479.md
- Parcel 4292054: 2,342 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4292054.md
- Parcel 1313358: 2,335 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1313358.md
- Parcel 2723818: 2,328 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2723818.md
- Parcel 1316390: 2,303 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1316390.md
- Parcel 6182716: 2,253 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6182716.md
- Parcel 1399841: 2,214 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1399841.md
- Parcel 1382132: 2,202 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1382132.md
- Parcel 1377226: 2,199 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1377226.md
- Parcel 1411539: 2,141 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1411539.md
- Parcel 1403822: 2,127 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1403822.md
- Parcel 4833387: 2,123 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4833387.md
- Parcel 1410432: 2,115 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1410432.md
- Parcel 1525184: 2,035 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1525184.md
- Parcel 1411760: 2,009 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1411760.md
- Parcel 1389719: 2,002 m² (0.2 ha, 0.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1389719.md
- Parcel 1408656: 1,968 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1408656.md
- Parcel 4833398: 1,946 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4833398.md
- Parcel 1353240: 1,918 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1353240.md
- Parcel 1399840: 1,908 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1399840.md
- Parcel 1367611: 1,885 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1367611.md
- Parcel 1368873: 1,884 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1368873.md
- Parcel 1425263: 1,768 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1425263.md
- Parcel 1422859: 1,757 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422859.md
- Parcel 5566494: 1,724 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5566494.md
- Parcel 1348513: 1,695 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1348513.md
- Parcel 1384414: 1,682 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1384414.md
- Parcel 4911617: 1,648 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4911617.md
- Parcel 1313712: 1,643 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1313712.md
- Parcel 1408735: 1,642 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1408735.md
- Parcel 1312524: 1,626 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1312524.md
- Parcel 1348164: 1,625 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1348164.md
- Parcel 1409654: 1,590 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1409654.md
- Parcel 1375630: 1,566 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1375630.md
- Parcel 1367084: 1,556 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1367084.md
- Parcel 1420506: 1,547 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1420506.md
- Parcel 1375565: 1,533 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1375565.md
- Parcel 1368734: 1,532 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1368734.md
- Parcel 1390935: 1,506 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1390935.md
- Parcel 1408580: 1,455 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1408580.md
- Parcel 1314592: 1,437 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314592.md
- Parcel 4894508: 1,406 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4894508.md
- Parcel 1304206: 1,402 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1304206.md
- Parcel 1340615: 1,368 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1340615.md
- Parcel 1350703: 1,354 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1350703.md
- Parcel 3660907: 1,329 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3660907.md
- Parcel 1412531: 1,322 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1412531.md
- Parcel 1337226: 1,318 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1337226.md
- Parcel 1379459: 1,312 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1379459.md
- Parcel 3660906: 1,305 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3660906.md
- Parcel 1308747: 1,292 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1308747.md
- Parcel 1308373: 1,285 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1308373.md
- Parcel 1307112: 1,247 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1307112.md
- Parcel 1421191: 1,217 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1421191.md
- Parcel 1413966: 1,211 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1413966.md
- Parcel 1385339: 1,189 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1385339.md
- Parcel 1362308: 1,175 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1362308.md
- Parcel 1359776: 1,152 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1359776.md
- Parcel 1356604: 1,121 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1356604.md
- Parcel 1360089: 1,097 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1360089.md
- Parcel 4894408: 1,060 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4894408.md
- Parcel 1410078: 1,046 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1410078.md
- Parcel 1421589: 1,042 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1421589.md
- Parcel 1379925: 1,036 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1379925.md
- Parcel 1418631: 1,027 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418631.md
- Parcel 1418326: 982 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418326.md
- Parcel 1414082: 979 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1414082.md
- Parcel 1355219: 936 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1355219.md
- Parcel 1348152: 925 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1348152.md
- Parcel 1370688: 874 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1370688.md
- Parcel 1378159: 863 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1378159.md
- Parcel 1375866: 817 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1375866.md
- Parcel 1422763: 772 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422763.md
- Parcel 1371064: 738 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1371064.md
- Parcel 5630668: 700 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5630668.md
- Parcel 3660908: 441 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3660908.md
- Parcel 1317127: 416 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1317127.md
- Parcel 5052002: 395 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5052002.md
- Parcel 1348168: 379 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1348168.md
- Parcel 3660905: 354 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3660905.md
- Parcel 1367728: 287 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1367728.md
- Parcel 1312060: 278 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1312060.md
- Parcel 1425111: 219 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1425111.md
- Parcel 1348169: 202 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1348169.md
- Parcel 1399699: 182 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1399699.md
- Parcel 1304389: 182 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1304389.md
- Parcel 1320472: 143 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1320472.md
- Parcel 1318843: 97 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1318843.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Abbeylands in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

17 applications, newest first.

- 5 Jul 2026, Donegal County Council 2661242: Conditional. Retention. CHANGES TO ELEVATIONS OF DWELLING HOUSE AND SITE LAYOUT AS CONSTRUCTED FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 13/50593 WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY EXTENDED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 18/50359. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661242/0
- 28 Apr 2026, Donegal County Council 2660747: Conditional. Outline permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO PUBLIC WATER/WASTEWATER SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660747/0
- 22 Apr 2026, Donegal County Council 2660701: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (1) ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER AND (2) ALTERATION AND WIDENING OF EXISTING ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660701/0
- 15 Jan 2026, Donegal County Council 2660038: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. DOMESTIC DWELLING AND DOMESTIC STORAGE BUILDING AS CONSTRUCTED ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660038/0
- 1 Nov 2024, Donegal County Council 2461756: Conditional. Retention. REPLACEMENT OF A THATCHED ROOF WITH A NEW SLATE ROOF AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461756/0
- 4 Jul 2024, Donegal County Council 2461022: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER AND STORM SYSTEM. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461022/0
- 3 Oct 2023, Donegal County Council 2351487: Conditional. Permission. (1) ERECTION OF A DRY FLOOR AGRICULTURAL SHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF STORING AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AND HOUSING SHEEP, AND (2) ALTERATIONS AND WIDENING OF SITE ENTRANCE ONTO THE PUBLIC ROAD, INCLUSIVE OF ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2351487/0
- 13 Sept 2023, Donegal County Council 2351370: N/a. Permission, 3 homes. ERECTION OF 3 NO. DWELLING HOUSES WITH CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER AND STORM SYSTEM. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2351370/0
- 13 Sept 2022, Donegal County Council 2251537: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING, NEW ACCESS, CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER, DEMOLITION OF EXISTING WALLSTEADS & ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2251537/0
- 3 Mar 2022, Donegal County Council 2250375: Refused. Extension of duration. ERECTION OF A DRY FLOOR AGRICULTURAL SHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF STORING AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AND HOUSING SHEEP, ALTERATIONS AND WIDENING OF SITE ENTRANCE ONTO THE PUBLIC ROAD, INCLUSIVE OF ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2250375/0
- 24 May 2020, Donegal County Council 2050613: Unconditional. Extension of duration, 1 home. ERECTION OF (1) A DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND (2) AN AGRICULTURAL DRY SHED. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2050613/0
- 12 Aug 2019, Donegal County Council 1951222: N/a. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND INSTALLATION OF A SEPTIC TANK WITH REED BED, TERTIARY WETLAND AND DISCHARGE TO A DISPOSAL/DISTRIBUTION PAD. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1951222/0
- 23 Mar 2018, Donegal County Council 1850424: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND A DOMESTIC GARAGE SERVED BY A PACKAGED TREATMENT PLANT WITH POLISHING FILTER. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1850424/0
- 12 Mar 2018, Donegal County Council 1850359: Unconditional. Extension of duration, 1 home. ERECTION OF DWELLING HOUSE AND CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1850359/0
- 19 May 2017, Donegal County Council 1750757: Conditional. Permission. ERECTION OF A DRY FLOOR AGRICULTURAL SHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF STORING AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AND HOUSING SHEEP. PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT FOR ALTERATIONS AND WIDENING OF SITE ENTRANCE ONTO THE PUBLIC ROAD, INCLUSIVE OF ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1750757/0
- 21 Apr 2017, Donegal County Council 1750580: N/a. Permission. ERECTION OF A DRY FLOOR AGRICULTURAL SHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF STORING AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AND HOUSING SHEEP. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1750580/0
- 28 Mar 2017, Donegal County Council 1750456: Conditional. Permission. (a) FACADE ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DOMESTIC STORE, TO INCLUDE STONE CLADDING TO FRONT ELEVATION (b) EXTENSION TO EXISTING DOMESTIC STORE REFERRED TO IN (a) ABOVE TO FORM GARDEN ROOM ANCILLARY TO USE OF MAIN DWELLING HOUSE (c) ERECTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE (d) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND INSTALLATION OF A NEW EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SAND POLISHING FILTER. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1750456/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Protection Area: Donegal Bay SPA, site code 004151, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004151
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Erne Estuary/Finner Dunes, site code 000139

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Abbeylands.

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Bridge, 1845–1865, Regional interest, registry number 40852001, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG&regno=40852001. Single-arch bridge carrying road over the Two Mile Water/former mill race, built c. 1855. Segmental-headed arch having rock-faced sandstone voussoirs to arch and rubble stone construction to barrel. Broken coursed rubble sandstone spandrel walls and parapets; rock-faced sandstone coping over parapets. South-east parapet wall abuts site and remains of Assaroe Cistercian Abbey (DG107-044001-). Former corn mill complex adjacent to the south-west. Located in the rural countryside to the north-west of Ballyshannon town centre.
- Mill (water), 1820–1860, Regional interest, registry number 40852002, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG&regno=40852002. Complex of four former corn and flax mill buildings, built c. 1800 and extended c. 1850. Two buildings converted in 1989 and now in use as heritage centre, café, craft shop and ancillary services; other two buildings now out of use or in use as outbuildings. Detached three-bay two-storey former flax mill to the west, c. 1850, having overshot composite waterwheel attached to the east elevation having metal fittings and timber paddles, and with remains of elevated aqueduct to north end of water wheel. Renovated in 1989 and now in use as toilets (ground floor) and an audio-visual centre (first floor). Modern single-bay open entrance porch attached to the west gable end at first floor level reached by flight of steps. Two shallow segmental-headed arches to ground floor of main (south elevation forming quasi arcade. Rubble stone voussoirs to arches. Pitched natural slate roof with raised rendered verges to gable ends. Constructed of rubble limestone and sandstone masonry with roughly dressed flush quoins to the corners; smooth cement rendered finish to interior of recess of arcade. Square-headed window openings to south at first floor level having timber casement windows. Square-headed door openings to recessed arcade having timber doors with louvered vents; square-headed doorway to entrance to audio visual centre (west elevation at first floor level) having battened timber door. Detached and altered single-storey over basement/mill race level former corn mill to the south of complex having undershot composite waterwheel attached to the west elevation having metal fittings and timber paddles. Renovated in 1989 with shallow single-storey open porch extension added to the west, projecting bay windows to the east elevation and south elevations and glazed entrance porch added to the west elevation. Now in use as a coffee shop. Constructed of rubble stone and having replacement pitched natural slate roof over. Replacement fittings to widened openings. Mill race and wheel pit adjacent to the west. Detached multi-bay three-storey over concealed basement/mill race level former corn mill and stores to the south-east of site, built c. 1820 and extended c. 1860, having single-bay two-storey extensions attached to the north and south elevations. Now out of use/in use as outbuildings. Half-hipped corrugated metal roof to main building; single-pitched corrugated metal roofs to two-storey extensions. Constructed of rubble limestone and sandstone masonry with some remaining sections of lime render over; dressed quoins to the corners of main body of main body or building and roughly dressed quoins to corners of extensions. Square-headed window and door openings with timber shutters, timber loading doors and timber doors. Brick reveals to a number of the openings; stone sills or metal sills to window openings. Square-headed carriage opening to the west elevation having modern sliding metal door. Remnants of former mill race to north and east. Single-storey shed attached to the north side of extension to the north possibly incorporates fabric from earlier single-storey dwellings to site. Three-bay two-storey former mill/outbuilding/store to the north-east of complex, built c. 1850. Now out of use/in use as outbuilding. Single-pitched corrugated metal roof. Rubble stone construction with square-headed openings with timber windows having margin glazing and doorways having timber doors and double-doors. Brick relieving arches over ground floor openings. Some openings now infilled; some openings now widened. North wall of building abuts the remains of Assaroe Abbey (DG107-044001-), and possibly contains fabric from this structure. Complex set back from road on sloping ground from the north to south on the north bank of the Abbey River. Located in the rural countryside to the north-west of Ballyshannon town centre. Various rubble stone walls and remains of rubble stone buildings to site.
- House, 1900–1940, Regional interest, registry number 40852003, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG&regno=40852003. Semi-detached three-bay single-storey house, built c. 1920, having single-bay gabled projections to the west-end bay and veranda to entrance front (north). One of a pair with building adjoining to the east (not in survey). Modern single-storey flat-roofed extension to the rear (south). Pitched corrugated metal with single-pitched corrugated metal roof supported on timber supports to veranda. Timber spear finial over projecting bay and rendered chimneystack to the west gable end, and modern chimneystack over extension to rear. Smooth rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth. Timber fence to veranda. Square-headed window openings to front elevation north having paired three-over-three pane timber casement windows with central timber mullion. Square-headed door opening to west end of veranda having glazed timber door with sidelight to the east side and overlight. Set slightly back from road adjacent to road junction to the north-west of Ballyshannon town centre. Low rendered boundary wall to road-frontage to the north, rendered boundary walls to site. Garden to front.
- Bridge, 1600–1750, Regional interest, registry number 40852005, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG&regno=40852005. Two-arch road bridge carrying small road over the Abbey River, built c. 1675. Two segmental-headed arches having roughly dressed and squared stone voussoirs. Rubble stone V-profile cutwater with corbelled head to central pier on upstream elevation (east). Rubble stone construction to spandrels, abutments, barrels and central pier. Rubble stone construction to parapets walls with stone coping over having cement repairs in places. Located to the countryside to the north-west of Ballyshannon, and immediately to the south of Assaroe Mill complex (40852002) and to the south-west of the remains of Assaroe Cistercian Abbey (DG107-044001-).
- House, 1780–1820, Regional interest, registry number 40910750, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG&regno=40910750. Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1800 and extended to the north c. 1880, having with lean-to single-bay shed/outbuilding attached to the rear (west). Pitched thatched roof with chicken-wire over, raised rendered coping to the gable ends (north and south) and with three rendered chimneystacks (one to either gable end and one offset to the north side of centre); corrugated-metal roof to lean-to extension. Roughcast rendered walls with partially exposed random rubble stone construction evident to the north gable end and to the west elevation. Square-headed window openings with plain rendered surrounds, stone sills and replacement window fittings. Square-headed door opening, offset to the south side of centre, having rendered plain surround, stone plinth-blocks, replacement timber door and with tiled threshold. Set slightly back from road with small garden to the front (east). Bounded on road-frontage to the east by low partially rendered squared rubble stone boundary wall having cement coping over; smooth rendered ruled-and-line boundary wall to the north. Pedestrian gateway, serving doorway, comprising a pair of smooth rendered ruled-and-line gate piers (on square-plan) having pyramidal render capping with dentil course to base and with ball finials over, and having wrought-iron gate. Wrought-iron flat-bar field gate to the south gable end. Ruinous single-storey outbuildings to rear and to the north.
- House, 1780–1820, Regional interest, registry number 40910751, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG&regno=40910751. Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1800, having bed outshot to the rear (west) and with single-bay single-storey extension to the south. Extended to the north by a bay, c. 1860. Pitched thatched roof with chicken-wire over, rendered eaves course, raised rendered coping to the gable ends (north and south) and with three rendered chimneystacks (one to either gable end and one offset to the north side of centre); artificial slate roof to extension to the south with rendered chimneystack to the south gable end. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with plain rendered surrounds, painted sills and replacement window fittings. Square-headed door opening, offset to the south side of centre, having rendered plain surround with moulded brackets\corbels to either side of doorway, and with replacement timber door. Set slightly back from road with small enclosed yards to the front (east). Bounded on road-frontage to the east by low rendered boundary walls having painted coping over. Rubble stone boundary wall to the south of house, and blockwork wall to the south-west boundary of site to rear. Detached single-storey outbuilding to the rear (west) having rendered and rubble stone walls, pitched corrugated-metal roof and square-headed openings with timber fittings. Located to the north-west of Ballyshannon adjacent to road junction. Single-storey thatched house adjacent to the north (see 40910750).
- House, 1840–1900, Regional interest, registry number 40910752, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG&regno=40910752. Detached three-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1860, having projecting porch to centre bay, single-bay single-storey extension to the west elevation, c. 1900, and lean-to single-storey extension to east gable c. 1950. Pitched thatched roof having rendered eaves courses, and with raised rendered verges and smooth rendered ruled-and-lined chimneystacks with stringcourse detail to either gable end (east and west); pitched artificial slate roof (fibre cement) extension to the west gable end, and pitched corrugated-metal roof to porch and mono-pitched corrugated-metal roof to extension to the east. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls with raised render block-and-start quoins to the corners and to the porch. Square-headed window openings with plain raised rendered surrounds and with replacement timber casement windows. Surviving timber sliding sash windows to the rear elevation (north). Central square-headed door opening to front face of porch having plain raised rendered surround and replacement timber door. Set slightly back from road to the north-west of Ballyshannon overlooking Abbey Bay to the south.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Abbeylands, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as 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 Abbeylands.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/donegal/abbeylands.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/abbeylands.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/abbeylands.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

- Abbeylands, Ballyshannon: 6 sales, https://everytownland.com/donegal/abbeylands-ballyshannon.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Abbey Island: https://everytownland.com/donegal/abbey-island.md
- Cowpark: https://everytownland.com/donegal/cowpark.md
- Legaltan: https://everytownland.com/donegal/legaltan.md
- Sheegys: https://everytownland.com/donegal/sheegys.md
- Tirconeen: https://everytownland.com/donegal/tirconeen.md
- Tonregee: https://everytownland.com/donegal/tonregee-52539.md
- Townparks: https://everytownland.com/donegal/townparks-52552.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/donegal/abbeylands
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/abbeylands