Abbeypark

13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Abbeypark, from 519 m² to 483,328 m² (48.33 ha, 119.43 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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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.

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

• 23 Oct 2025Refused

  to renovate and extend existing private dwelling house, install waste water treatment system and construct private garage/store to include all associated site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 25289

• 30 Jul 2024Conditional

  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)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 24222

• 29 Aug 2023Refused

  for the demolition of existing house, construction of a new dwellinghouse with carport, wastewater treatment system/percolation area, plus all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361015

• 9 Dec 2022Refused

  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

  Permission · Galway County Council, 221223

• 2 Dec 2022Refused

  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

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261201

• 1 Jun 2022Refused

  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)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22712

• 27 Jan 2022Refused

  to construct a Dormer Dwellinghouse and Domestic Garage, including a wastewater treatment system & associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 229.70 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2267

• 19 Aug 2021Refused

  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.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211516

• 14 Sept 2020Refused

  to construct a Dormer Dwellinghouse and Domestic Garage with all ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 229.70 sqm (House)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201310

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

Designated sites

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

Recorded monuments

• GA088-001 Religious house - Augustinian canons
  Description

  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
  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.

• GA088-001002 Field system
  Description

  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
  Description

  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
  Description

  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
  Description

  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
  Description

  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
  Description

  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
  Description

  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
  Description

  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

Architectural heritage

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

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 Abbeypark, about 1 in 10 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1351 (ZIP).

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 Abbeypark with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Abbeypark · Páirc na Mainistreach

Area

1,174,517 m² (117.45 ha, 290.23 acres)

Civil parish

Clontuskert, and its townlands

Barony

Clonmacnowen

Electoral division

Clontuskert, the unit of the census

Census 2022

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.

Neighbouring townlands

Chapelpark, Cloonascragh, Gorteencahill, Kellysgrove, Kill, Lakefield

Placenames

Abbeypark 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.