Abbeyfield

2 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Abbeyfield, from 757 m² to 42,048 m² (4.2 ha, 10.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Abbeyfield 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.

• 21 Jul 2021Conditional

  for the following development (a) construction of a new dwelling (b) construction of a domestic Garage (c) wastewater treatment system with percolation area (d) associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works is; House 221 sqm, Garage 58.33 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211316

• 27 Sept 2017Conditional

  of private dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store with septic tank & percolation area. Gross floor space of work to be retained 182.33sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171417

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 Abbeyfield.

Recorded monuments

• GA086-001 Religious house - Franciscan friars
  Description

  In undulating grassland to the N of Kilconnell village. A restored Nat. Mon., this Franciscan friary appears to have been founded in 1353 by William O'Kelly, probably on or close to the site of St Conall's early monastery (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 251, 389; Harbison 1975, 94). According to Killanin and Duignan (1967, 316), it was 'reconstructed' in 1414 and it adopted the Observantine reform in 1464. An inquisition taken on the 20th of February in the 14th year of the reign of James 1 (1617), found that ‘that the site of this abbey contained three acres, on which were built the friary containing a chapel called Towhell Donnellane's chapel, a chamber called the Council house, a library, hall, store house, four chambers with chimnies, and twenty eight small chambers called dormitories, and sundry houses and buildings necessary for the farm; also four gardens, three orchards and a cemetery and sixty ash trees, a mill and a water course, and four acres of arable land adjacent to the house’ (OS Letters, 603). The friars remained in residence until 1698 when they were forced to distribute or sell their goods to local families (Conlan 2007, 14). They then went into hiding locally and set up residence in a bog c. 750m to the N at a place that became known as 'Moin na mbrathar' (OS Letters, 602) (see GA076-136----). The well-preserved remains of the friary comprise a 15th-century nave and chancel church (NW-SE; L 37.5m, Wth 6.3m), along with part of the cloister and domestic ranges to the N. The S aisle and S transept, which open off the nave and chancel respectively, are probably late 15th-century additions as is the centrally placed three-storey tower. The small O'Donellan chapel which opens off the E wall of the transept is a still later addition, as is the so-called 'sacristy' on the S side of the chancel at its E end (Mooney 1956, 167). The church is entered by a fine W doorway and is lit by a number of 15th and 16th-century traceried windows (Leask 1960b, 99). There are also several elaborately carved canopied tomb-niches in the church (ibid., 167-8; Bigger 1901, 157ff.) as well as two piscinas (Bigger ibid., 148-9). Only the E and S sides of the cloister survive along with ruinous remains of the E range. The latter comprised a two-storey building with a separate 'Guardian's House' at the SE end and a 'granary' at the NE end. A field system (GA086-001004-) surrounds the monument and three probable holy wells (GA086-001001-, GA086-001002-, GA086-001003-) lie nearby. A horizontal mill (GA086-105----) may also have been associated. 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). Updated by: Paul Walsh Date of revised upload: 9 September 2014 The monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 47.

• GA086-001001 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Some 80m to the north-east of Kilconnell Abbey (GA086-001----). Two holy wells are named 'Lanfera's Wells' on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map. By the time of 3rd ed. (1947-8), the words 'Site of' were added to the north-west well. Both wells still survive, the south-eastern one has been covered by a pump-house. This well consists of a natural spring enclosed by a mortared stone wall with access at north-west. Two steps lead down to the water which flows out, via a sluice, at east-north-east to a stream. Another well with the same name (GA086-001003-) lies c. 140m to the south-west. 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). Updated by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 18 September 2014

• GA086-001002 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Some 80m to the north-east of Kilconnell Abbey (GA086-001----). Two holy wells are named 'Lanfera's Wells' on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map. By the time of 3rd ed. (1947-8), the words 'Site of' were added to the north-west well. Both wells still survive, the south-eastern one has been covered by a pump-house. Another well with the same name (GA086-001003-) lies c. 140m to the south-west. 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). Updated by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 18 September 2014

• GA086-001003 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Some 45m SW of Kilconnell Abbey (GA086-001----). A small natural spring, flowing NNE from a hillside, covered by an overgrown stone lintel supported by low walls. 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

• GA086-001004 Field system
  Description

  Surrounding Kilconnell Abbey (GA086-001----) and extending to NW of it are a series of rectangular and irregular fields forming no coherent pattern. They are defined by low earthen banks and cover an area c. 540m NW-SE by c. 340m NE-SW. 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 Abbeyfield.

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 Abbeyfield, about 1 in 20 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

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

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

Name

Abbeyfield · An Mhainistir

Area

72,859 m² (7.29 ha, 18 acres)

Civil parish

Kilconnell, and its townlands

Barony

Kilconnell

Electoral division

Kilconnell, the unit of the census

Census 2022

658 people lived in 225 households in the Kilconnell electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyglass, Corraneena, Crummagh, Glebe, Monambraher

Placenames

Abbeyfield 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.