Abbeylands

145 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Abbeylands, from 97 m² to 66,419 m² (6.64 ha, 16.41 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

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.

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

• 5 Jul 2026Conditional

  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

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2661242

• 28 Apr 2026Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO PUBLIC WATER/WASTEWATER SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660747

• 22 Apr 2026Conditional

  (1) ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER AND (2) ALTERATION AND WIDENING OF EXISTING ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660701

• 15 Jan 2026Conditional

  DOMESTIC DWELLING AND DOMESTIC STORAGE BUILDING AS CONSTRUCTED ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660038

• 1 Nov 2024Conditional

  REPLACEMENT OF A THATCHED ROOF WITH A NEW SLATE ROOF AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2461756

• 4 Jul 2024Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER AND STORM SYSTEM

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461022

• 3 Oct 2023Conditional

  (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

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351487

• 13 Sept 2023N/a

  ERECTION OF 3 NO. DWELLING HOUSES WITH CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER AND STORM SYSTEM

  Permission, 3 homes · Donegal County Council, 2351370

• 13 Sept 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING, NEW ACCESS, CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER, DEMOLITION OF EXISTING WALLSTEADS & ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251537

• 3 Mar 2022Refused

  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

  Extension of duration · Donegal County Council, 2250375

• 24 May 2020Unconditional

  ERECTION OF (1) A DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND (2) AN AGRICULTURAL DRY SHED

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2050613

• 12 Aug 2019N/a

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND INSTALLATION OF A SEPTIC TANK WITH REED BED, TERTIARY WETLAND AND DISCHARGE TO A DISPOSAL/DISTRIBUTION PAD

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951222

• 23 Mar 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND A DOMESTIC GARAGE SERVED BY A PACKAGED TREATMENT PLANT WITH POLISHING FILTER

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1850424

• 12 Mar 2018Unconditional

  ERECTION OF DWELLING HOUSE AND CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1850359

• 19 May 2017Conditional

  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

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1750757

• 21 Apr 2017N/a

  ERECTION OF A DRY FLOOR AGRICULTURAL SHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF STORING AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AND HOUSING SHEEP

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1750580

• 28 Mar 2017Conditional

  (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

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1750456

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

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Donegal Bay SPA 004151
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Erne Estuary/Finner Dunes 000139

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Abbeylands.

Architectural heritage

• Bridge, 1845–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  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
  Description

  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
  Description

  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
  Description

  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
  Description

  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
  Description

  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
  Description

  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.

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 Abbeylands, 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 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 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.

• Abbeylands, Ballyshannon6 sales

Name

Abbeylands

Area

789,294 m² (78.93 ha, 195.04 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbarron, and its townlands

Barony

Tirhugh

Electoral division

Ballyshannon Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

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.

Neighbouring townlands

Abbey Island, Cowpark, Legaltan, Sheegys, Tirconeen, Tonregee, Townparks

Placenames

Abbeylands 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.