# Abbeypark, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Clontuskert, barony of Clonmacnowen, Co. Galway; in Irish Páirc na Mainistreach.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,174,517 m² (117.45 ha, 290.23 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 50,128 m² (5.01 ha, 12.39 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 9 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Clontuskert, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/clontuskert.md
- Barony: Clonmacnowen
- Electoral division: Clontuskert, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 218 people lived in 90 households in the Clontuskert electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 18% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/17743
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 60012
- Centre: latitude 53.284, longitude -8.21767 (WGS 84)

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

13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Abbeypark, from 519 m² to 483,328 m² (48.33 ha, 119.43 acres); 26 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1923812: 483,328 m² (48.33 ha, 119.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1923812.md
- Parcel 1923813: 197,027 m² (19.7 ha, 48.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1923813.md
- Parcel 1995704: 183,251 m² (18.33 ha, 45.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1995704.md
- Parcel 1923811: 77,750 m² (7.78 ha, 19.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1923811.md
- Parcel 1974369: 68,387 m² (6.84 ha, 16.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1974369.md
- Parcel 1923815: 62,573 m² (6.26 ha, 15.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1923815.md
- Parcel 1955473: 50,128 m² (5.01 ha, 12.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1955473.md
- Parcel 1923816: 29,649 m² (2.96 ha, 7.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1923816.md
- Parcel 1923817: 6,409 m² (0.64 ha, 1.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1923817.md
- Parcel 1923814: 4,244 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1923814.md
- Parcel 1974367: 3,375 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1974367.md
- Parcel 1974370: 2,362 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1974370.md
- Parcel 1974368: 519 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1974368.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Abbeypark 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)

9 applications, newest first.

- 23 Oct 2025, Galway County Council 25289: Refused. Permission. to renovate and extend existing private dwelling house, install waste water treatment system and construct private garage/store to include all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/25289/0
- 30 Jul 2024, Galway County Council 24222: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to (a) Demolish single storey annex to rear of existing dwelling and construct an extension to the rear of the existing single storey dwelling. (b) Decommission existing septic tank and install a new waste water treatment system with percolation area. (c) Demolish an existing domestic store and construct a new domestic garage. (d) and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 162.92 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 55.38 sqm (annex) 51.60 sqm (shed). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/24222/0
- 29 Aug 2023, Galway County Council 2361015: Refused. Permission, 1 home. for the demolition of existing house, construction of a new dwellinghouse with carport, wastewater treatment system/percolation area, plus all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2361015/0
- 9 Dec 2022, Galway County Council 221223: Refused. Permission. to; 1. Reconstruct and extend existing slatted shed to include slatted tanks, cubicles and feed passages. 2. Construct shed to accommodate milking facilities, handling area and calf pens. 3. Construct storage/machinery shed. 4. Erect meal storage bin to include concrete aprons and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: Extension= 643.50 sqm (milking facilities), etc= 536.61 sqm, Storage/machinery shed= 154.56 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/221223/0
- 2 Dec 2022, Galway County Council 2261201: Refused. Permission, 1 home. to construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank/treatment unit with percolation area and all associated site works.Gross floor space of proposed works 226.50sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2261201/0
- 1 Jun 2022, Galway County Council 22712: Refused. Permission, 1 home. to construct a dormer dwelling house and domestic garage including a waste water treatment system with associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 229.7 sqm (house) & 50 sqm (garage). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/22712/0
- 27 Jan 2022, Galway County Council 2267: Refused. Permission, 1 home. to construct a Dormer Dwellinghouse and Domestic Garage, including a wastewater treatment system & associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 229.70 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2267/0
- 19 Aug 2021, Galway County Council 211516: Refused. Permission, 1 home. to construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank/treatment unit with percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 226.5 sqm, Garage: 60.4 sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/211516/0
- 14 Sept 2020, Galway County Council 201310: Refused. Permission, 1 home. to construct a Dormer Dwellinghouse and Domestic Garage with all ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 229.70 sqm (House). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/201310/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Abbeypark.

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

- GA088-001: Religious house - Augustinian canons, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA088-001----. In flat open farmland S of Ballinure River. A house of Augustinian canons, dedicated to St Mary, was founded here by the O'Kelly family 'some time after 1140' on the site of an early monastery (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 165). Excavated in 1971-2 (Fanning 1976), this recently conserved Nat. Mon. consists of the well-preserved remains of a 13th-16th-C church along with parts of the cloister and domestic ranges. The church comprises a nave (E-W; L 16.5m, Wth 8m) and chancel (L 16m, Wth 8m) with a transept at NW end. There is a highly decorated 15th-C doorway in W gable with a holy water font in its N jamb (Leask 1960b, 74-6, also 163, 181). A 17th-C wall separates the nave from the chancel, to W of which traces of an earlier rood screen survive. The chancel is dominated by the reconstructed 15th-C traceried window in E gable; itself a replacement of a 13th-C multiple lancet window of which only fragments survive. There is also a pair of slender round-headed single-light windows in S wall. A doorway at NE end of the chancel gave access to an adjoining rectangular building, probably a 13th-C 'sacristy or side-chapel', only the foundations of which survive (Fanning ibid., 110). Immediately to W of the latter is a later structure which is in turn abutted by E wall of the 16th-C transept. At its NE corner, this transept overlies the foundations of yet another rectangular building (E-W; L 9m, Wth 5m), interpreted as possibly a 'fifteenth-century chapel' or 'even ... an Early Christian church' (ibid., 112). The domestic buildings lay to S of the church, within the modern graveyard wall. At the centre was the cloister, but only the foundations of the cloister arcade (now partially reconstructed) and S and W ranges survive. However, a large section of the fabric of E range still stands. Originally of two storeys, it was much altered by refurbishment in the 17th C when an oven, fireplaces and chimney were inserted. A wayside cross (GA088-004----) and a holy well (GA088-002----) lie to SSW and SSE respectively, and a togher (GA088-014----) lies to NE. A field system (GA088-001002-) is also associated. There is a tradition that the togher lead from the priory to a medieval parish church (GA088-020001-). See attached photos courtesy of Wikimedia Commons The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 8/1970). The monument was taken into Guardianship under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 512.
- GA088-001001: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA088-001001-. The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- GA088-001002: Field system, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA088-001002-. Surrounding a priory (GA088-001----). A number of D-shaped enclosures defined by low banks are visible to N of the priory. Fanning (1976, 121) notes that some of the banks appear to radiate from it as if dividing a large enclosure into smaller segments. However, no clearly defined traces of a monastic enclosure were observed. To S lies a less well-defined group of rectangular fields which bear little or no relationship with the priory; they may indicate 'later post-medieval field use' (ibid.). Some 200m to E, a low hillock appears to have traces of ridge and furrow cultivation. A small stony mound (N-S 4.8m, E-W 3m) is visible on its summit. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010
- GA088-001003: Graveslab, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA088-001003-. This 17th-C graveslab is bracketed to the W wall of the chancel of Clontuskert priory (GA088-001----) just S of the doorway accessing the nave. It is rectangular in shape (H 1.86m; Wth 0.91m; T 0.17m). A raised Latin cross decorates the lower portion of the slab. An inscription in raised lettering occupies the upper quarter and commemorates James Kelly who died in 1648. The inscription is as follows: HERE. LEES.THE BODY./ OF. JAMES .KE/LLY. OF MECKNIE / WHO DIED. THE XI / OF FEB. 1648. The following 19th-centuary inscription was added to the slab on either side of the cross: Left: PRAY FOR THE SOULOF WILLIAM MAHON WHO DIED NOVR 29 1866 AGED 78 YEARS Right: ALSO HIS WIFE MARYANN MAHONALIAS KELLY THE LASTMEMBER OF KELLY OF MECKNIE WHO DIED AUGT 19 1881 The following image has been uploaded: GA088-001003-_01.jpg Compiled by: Paul Walsh, Olive Alcock Date of upload: 25 July 2014 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 8/1970).
- GA088-001004: Graveslab, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA088-001004-. One of three graveslabs bracketed against the W end of the N wall of the chancel of Clontuskert priory (GA088-001----), this graveslab (H 1.67m; T 0.15m) tapers from the top (Wth 0.54m) to the bottom (Wth 0.37m) and bears incised decoration at its base. The other two graveslabs (GA088-001005- and GA088-001006-) stand to its E. The following images have been uploaded: GA088-001004-_01.jpg GA088-001004-_02.jpg Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 July 2023 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 8/1970).
- GA088-001005: Graveslab, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA088-001005-. This is the middle graveslab of three that have been bracketed to the N wall of the chancel of Clontuskert priory (GA088-001----). The slab (H 1.6m) tapers from the top (Wth 0.55m) to the bottom (Wth 0.41m) and varies in thickness from 0.18m at the top to 0.09m at the bottom. An incised line around the edges of the slab give it a border and a fleur-de-lis cross decorates the upper part of its face. The graveslab was reused in 1740. Another late medieval graveslab (GA088-001004-) stands to its W and a 17th-C example (GA088-001006-) stands to its E. The following image has been uploaded: GA088-001005-_01.jpg Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 July 2023 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 8/1970).
- GA088-001006: Graveslab, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA088-001006-. This is the easternmost example of three graveslabs that are bracketed to the N wall of the chancel of Clontuskert priory (GA088-001----). The slab is rectangular in plan (H 1.66m; Wth 0.55m; T 0.12m) with incised decoration on the upper section of the face. It is dedicated to John Colohan who died in XX32. Two late medieval graveslabs (GA088-001004- and GA088-001005-) stand to its W. The following image has been uploaded: GA088-001006-_01.jpg Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 July 2023 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 8/1970).
- GA088-001007: Graveslab, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA088-001007-. This late medieval graveslab has been fixed against the N wall of chancel of Clontuskert priory (GA088-001----), just to the E of the doorway that leads to the sacristy. The slab is broken (H 1.14m; T 0.12m) and it tapers from the top (Wth 0.55m) to the bottom (Wth 0.44m). No decoration or inscription are evident. There are two other late medieval graveslabs in the chancel - see GA088-001004- and GA088-001005-. The following images have been uploaded: GA088-001007-_02.jpg GA088-001007-_03.jpg Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 July 2023 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 8/1970).
- GA088-001008: Wall monument, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA088-001008-. This memorial stone has been inserted into the W end of the S wall of the chancel of Clontuskert priory (GA088-001----) at a height of 1.97m from ground level. The inscription reads: HERE. LES / THE / BVRI/AL. OF. THE / SEPT. OF. VR/CHARY. BRI/A[n] KELLY / THE 2 OFMAY / 1646 HIVGH K/ELLY WAS KI. The last line of the inscription is carved along the bottom of the frame and appears to be incomplete. The following image has been uploaded: GA088-001008-_01.jpg Compiled by: Paul Walsh, Olive Alcock Date of upload: 25 July 2014 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 8/1970).
- GA088-002: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA088-002----. Some 500m SSE of Clontuskert Abbey (GA088-001----). A poorly preserved dried-up holy well, dedicated to St Augustine, comprising an unroofed rectangular drystone well-chamber (N-S 0.94m, E-W 0.8m). A low stony bank delimits the monument at N, S, and W, while an old field bank running ENE lies 1.55m to SE. A pattern day was traditionally held on 28th August (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 645-6). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Abbeypark.

## 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 Abbeypark, about 1 in 10 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1351, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1351.zip (ZIP).
- 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/galway/abbeypark.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/abbeypark.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/abbeypark.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Abbeypark with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway: https://everytownland.com/galway.md

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

- Chapelpark: https://everytownland.com/galway/chapelpark.md
- Cloonascragh: https://everytownland.com/galway/cloonascragh-61221.md
- Gorteencahill: https://everytownland.com/galway/gorteencahill.md
- Kellysgrove: https://everytownland.com/galway/kellysgrove.md
- Kill: https://everytownland.com/galway/kill-62608.md
- Lakefield: https://everytownland.com/galway/lakefield.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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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.

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