Abbey

37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Abbey, from 111 m² to 229,203 m² (22.92 ha, 56.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 35 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 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.

• 25 Oct 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a part single storey, part two storey extension to the rear of of an existing dwelling , and alteration to front of building (addition of window on the ground floor). Gross floor space of proposed works: 48.40 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461433

• 21 Apr 2021Conditional

  for the provision of new flood lighting with 4 no. 10m high columns to existing playing / games area, including all associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 4 sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 21640

• 26 Mar 2020Conditional

  to construct a disabled access toilet and storage room to rear of existing Community Centre. Gross floor space of proposed work; 51.75sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 20395

• 25 Oct 2018Conditional

  for removal of existing septic tank and construction of new septic tank, treatment system and percolation area to serve existing community centre.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 181526

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 Abbey.

Recorded monuments

• GA125-001001 Penitential station
  Description

  Associated with a holy well (GA125-----). Three small circular cairns were noted to the NW, NE and SE of the holy well on inspection in September 1985. They are probably associated with the penitential aspect of the holy well. During the 1990s works were carried out on the site (pers. comm. B. O'Reilly) and the cairns are now beehive shaped. The following image has been uploaded: GA125-001001-_01.jpg View from WNW - SE cairn in centre background Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 21 July 2023

• GA125-001002 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In pastureland. On inspection in September 1985, this holy well was enclosed by an unroofed rectangular structure (4.2m E-W; 3.3m N-S) constructed of unworked mortared limestone (H 1.8m; Wth 0.5m). A glass-covered alcove in the centre of the external face of the S wall, which was rendered and white washed, contained a statue of Our Lady. Two concrete steps had been built below the alcove. The structure was partially covered with ivy and a number of rags had been tied to this overgrowth on the E and S walls. Access to the well was gained through a gap (Wth 0.7m) at E and it was fed by a stream to the NE. Two more wells were visible, 2m and c. 4.5m respectively, to the E of the structure. Both were surrounded by drystone walls. The most easterly well (diam. 1.1m; ext. H 0.4m) was accessed through a narrow gap (Wth 0.4m) at E and crude stone steps lead down to the water. The W well was of similar construction but it did not appear to be in use and was grass covered. Small cairns (see GA125-001001-) were visible to the NW, NE and SE. During the 1990s, works were carried out here and the structure was roofed (pers. comm. B. O'Reilly). The plaster was removed from the S wall, the ivy was cut back and the area was landscaped. A medieval doorway (GA125-001002-) accessing the enclosed area around the wells and cairns may be associated with the Franciscan friary (GA125-058002-) c. 245m to the SSE. The following image has been uploaded: GA125-001002-_01.jpg View from WNW Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 21 July 2023

• GA125-001003 Architectural feature
  Description

  In pastureland. This reconstructed medieval round-headed doorway surround (H1.7m; Wth 1.1m) now acts as the entrance to a rectangular enclosed area (24m E-W; 12m N-S), defined by a low mortared wall, within which a holy well (GA125-001001-) and penitential stations (GA125-001003-) lie. The doorway is in the W wall. The external face of its arch stones and most of the side stones are chamfered and pock dressed but the internal face is rough and unworked. The doorway may have been removed from the Franciscan friary (GA125-058002-) that lay c. 245m to the SSE. Further medieval arch stones (GA125-001004-) are visible in the SE corner of the enclosed area, where they are incorporated into a culvert. The following images have been uploaded courtesy of Dr B. O'Reilly: GA125-001003-_01.jpg External view of doorway, from W GA125-001003-_02.jpg Internal view, from SE Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 21 July 2023

• GA125-001004 Architectural fragment
  Description

  In the SE corner of a walled area enclosing a holy well (GA125-001002-) and associated penitential stations (GA125-001001-). Two chamfered and pock-dressed arch stones of medieval date have been reused in a culvert on a small stream that has been channeled along the S side of the enclosed area. The stones may have been removed from a window or doorway of the Franciscan friary (GA125-058002-) that lay c. 245m to the SSE. A medieval doorway (GA125-001003-) has been inserted into the W wall. The fragments were brought to our attention by Dr B. O'Reilly. The following image has been uploaded courtesy of Dr B. O'Reilly: GA125-001004-_01.jpg View from E Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 21 July 2023

Architectural heritage

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

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 Abbey, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Abbey · An Mhainistir

Area

1,341,458 m² (134.15 ha, 331.48 acres)

Civil parish

Ballynakill (Loughrea Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Leitrim

Electoral division

Tynagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

472 people lived in 169 households in the Tynagh electoral division. 77% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Abbeyville, Ballygowan, Barnaboy, Conicar, Eaglehill, Friary, Garrynaglogh, Gortnamona, Reaghan, Shanbally

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.