Abbey

151 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Abbey, from 109 m² to 143,423 m² (14.34 ha, 35.44 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 66 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Abbey 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.

• 24 Mar 2026Conditional

  to construct a new 10 Bay agricultural structure, to include underground slatted tanks, cubicle lying area, and accommodation for dairying in the form of robot stations, bulk tank storage and plant room facilities, together with all associated site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660437

• 23 Mar 2026N/a

  of revised floor level of dwelling house and domestic garage to that granted under planning permission 21/220 and for permission to construct a 1.5 meter high boundary wall and revised planting scheme

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2660433

• 20 Jan 2026Conditional

  sought to construct an extension to the side of the existing dwelling house and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660052

• 26 Jul 2021Conditional

  to construct dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area along with associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 221 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211362

• 23 Feb 2021Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage fuel store with wastewater treatment plant percolation area, and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 255 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21220

• 24 Aug 2020Conditional

  to construct an extension to the side of the existing dwelling house and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 21 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201178

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: Lough Corrib SAC 000297

Recorded monuments

• GA058-004001 Religious house - Cistercian monks
  Description

  On a gentle S-facing slope in pastureland, near Abbeyknockmoy village, it overlooks the Abbert River to S. A Cistercian monastery founded in 1189-90 by Cathal Crobderg O'Conor, King of Connacht (Glynn 1904; Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 124). A Nat. Mon., the remains comprise a large conserved Transitional style church (E-W; L 60m) of early 13th-C date (Leask 1960a, 37-9) consisting of an aisled nave, a chancel and two transepts (see Cochrane 1904, 246). The chancel has a fine ribbed vault and E windows, while the transepts both contain two barrel-vaulted chapels at their E ends. Three of the arches of the crossing are walled up, possibly 15th-C work coeval with the insertion of the now largely ruined central tower (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 51). The N wall of the chancel bears 15th-C mural paintings depicting the Holy Trinity, the martyrdom of St Sebastian and the Three Dead and Three Live Kings (Crawford 1919; Leask 1960b, 174-5). The claustural buildings and ruined cloister lie to S, but only E wing, including the sacristy, chapter house and a later garderobe, is well preserved. The ruins of a rectangular building (E-W; L 11.35m, Wth 5m) (GA058-004002-), probably of post-medieval date (Sweetman 1987, 9-11), lie immediately to N. A modern mill (GA058-004005-), 325m to W, is said to occupy the site of the original abbey mill (Cochrane 1904, 247-8). A field system (GA058-004004-) and three holy wells (GA058-004007-) are also associated. (Crawford 1913, 152; Harbison 1975, 96) 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 The monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 166. The following images are attached: GA058-004001-_01.jpg - Overall view from SE GA058-004001-_02.jpg - Overall view from NW GA058-004001-_03.jpg - View from cloister looking N GA058-004001-_04.jpg - Overall view from E GA058-004001-_05.jpg - Detail of mural painting in the chancel

• GA058-004002 Building
  Description

  In the field immediately to the N of Knockmoy Abbey (GA058-004001-). This rectangular building (int. dims. 11.35m E-W; 5.8m N-S; wall T 1-1.1.25m) is constructed of double-faced uncut stones laid down in uneven courses. It is featureless apart from a break (Wth 2m) in the N wall that may mark a doorway. Three walls (H 0.6m) abut the E wall of the building; one is on the line of the N wall (L 3.5m; Wth 0.55m), the second (L 3.6m; Wth 0.65m) is 0.75m to the S of the former and the third (L 4.15m; Wth 0.9m) is on the line of the S wall. Foundation lines of the latter wall continue further to the E (L 8.75m) before turning N (L 3.9m). The building was investigated during the course of excavations at the abbey in 1982 and 1983 in order to determine its age and relationship with the abbey complex (Sweetman 1987, 1-12). The foundations of the walls of the main building were not at all similar to those of a medieval building and the surviving stonework suggested that it was of post-17th century date. The middle and S abutting walls formed a second structure (int. dims. c. 12m E-W; 4.7m N-S). Its foundations courses and those of the N abutting wall were stratified above the main building indicating that they were a later addition. The full extent of these walls was not revealed. All the buildings were stratified above an extensive layer of dark soil and charcoal in which one sherd of medieval pottery was found outside the E wall of the main building suggesting that there were medieval domestic buildings in this area. The following image is attached: GA058-004002-.jpg View from NW Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 9 August 2018 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 4/1989). The monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 166.

• GA058-004003 Graveyard
  Description

  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. The monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 166.

• GA058-004004 Field system
  Description

  To W and N of Knockmoy Abbey (GA058-004001-). It consists of a series of fields covering an area c. 550m NW-SE by c. 400m NE-SW. Defined by low grassed-over collapsed stone walls, some of the fields are rectilinear in plan and traces of cultivation are visible. (Topgr. Files, OPW; ASGAP 28:64-9) 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. 4/1989).

• GA058-004005 Mill - corn
  Description

  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.

• GA058-004006 Chapel
  Description

  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.

• GA058-008 Boundary mound
  Description

  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.

Architectural heritage

• Bridge, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Seven-arch limestone road bridge, built c.1800, over Abbert River. Round arches with rubble voussoirs to arch rings, random rubble to spandrels. Single triangular and semi-circular cutwaters to north-east face with cement coping with pipe inlaid. Random rubble parapet with flat rubble coping. Area of repair to north-west face, cut-stone voussoirs to northern two arches, squared and snecked limestone infill to spandrel panels and parapet, flat cut-stone coping. Set on N63 with random rubble walls to adjacent fields.

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Abbey · An Mhainistir

Area

3,554,864 m² (355.49 ha, 878.43 acres)

Civil parish

Abbeyknockmoy, and its townlands

Barony

Tiaquin

Electoral division

Abbey West, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Abbey West electoral division: 884 people in 290 households; 86% of households own their home; 54% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballina, Ballynapark, Clashard, Coolfowerbeg, Culliagh North, Feagh East, Feagh West, Liss, Moyne, Pollawarla

Placenames

Abbey 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.