Abbeyderg

85 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Abbeyderg, from 228 m² to 500,427 m² (50.04 ha, 123.66 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 44 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Abbeyderg 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.

• 27 Mar 2026Conditional

  (1) Retention for an existing conventional septic tank domestic waste water treatment system; and permission for upgrade of domestic waste water treatment system and new percolation area; (2) Planning permission for extension and alterations to an existing dwelling to include: demolition of existing extensions to the rear and bay windows to the front elevations; a new single storey extension to the rear, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2660095

• 12 Jun 2024Conditional

  of PL20/11: proposed demolition of existing cottage type dwelling house together with seeking full planning permission for the construction of a bungalow type dwelling house with detached garage, boundary wall/fence, septic tank with percolation area together with redesigning the existing agricultural entrance to now also service the proposed development and all ancillary site works

  Extension of duration · Longford County Council, 2433

• 23 Jan 2020Conditional

  proposed demolition of existing cottage type dwelling house together with seeking full planning permission for the construction of a bungalow type dwelling house with detached garage, boundary wall/fence, septic tank with percolation area together with redesigning the existing agricultural entrance to now also service the proposed development and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2011

• 24 Oct 2019Conditional

  for the retention of existing 2 no. storey & a half type dwelling houses in their current locations together with seeking full planning permission for the proposed decommissioning of existing 2 no. vehicular entrances servicing the 2 no. existing dwelling houses together with the construction of 1 no. combined entrance to service both dwellings. Full planning permission is also been sought for the proposed decommissioning of existing septic tank systems together with proposed installation of individual proprietary wastewater treatment systems with tertiary polishing filters and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 19274

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 Abbeyderg.

Recorded monuments

• LF018-064 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  At the base of a S-facing hillside adjacent to an E–W valley floor. This well is depicted on the Down Survey (1655-6) map of Taghsheenode and Moydow parishes where it is annotated 'a well & Elme Tree' (NLI MS 719). It comprises a circular well (ext. diam. 2.7m) enclosed by a wall of roughly coursed drystone masonry (max. H 1.15m; Wth 0.62m) to which concrete has been applied in places. Water flowing from a small opening at SSW feeds a small stream. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 7 June 2013

• LF018-065 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
  Description

  On a low ridge. This tomb is very overgrown with hazel and thorn bushes. Three stones of the E arm of a N-facing court stand 2m forward of a gallery (L c. 6.5m) divided into an antechamber and two main chambers. The entrance to the gallery is between a set of tall, doubled jambs forming the antechamber. The antechamber leads to the first of the two main chambers, each side of which is formed by a single stone. A pair of jambs separates it from the longer, second chamber, open at the rear, its sides each of two stones. A displaced stone leans against the inner face of the southernmost sidestone on the E side of this chamber. The structure stands in a long cairn, the precise outline of which is obscured by the overgrowth. (Higgins 1978, 270-71) Compiled by: Eamon Cody Date of upload: 26 August 2011 See linked document with a plan of the monument.

• LF018-066001 Religious house - Augustinian canons
  Description

  In wet low-lying pasture, c. 40m to the SW of a stream, and in the E end of graveyard (LF018-066002-). Founded shortly before 1199 by Gormghall Ó Cuinn (Ó Riain 2010, 41). Dedicated to St Peter; in 1540 it was one of five monasteries in the Annaly region that was surrendered to Henry VIII (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 156).Granted to Shane O'Ferald in 1551-2 (Nicholls 1994, vol. 1, 186) and in 1567 to Thomas Byram (ibid., vol. 2, 124). Named 'Derge Abbey' on an early 17th-century map of Moydow barony (BL, Cotton MS Augustus I.ii.28), where a possible crossing tower or castellated transept chapel is shown rising above the roofline. The Down Survey (1655-6) map of Taghsheenod parish records the lands of 'Abby Derry' as 'Colledge Land in possession of Sr James Ware' (NLI, MS 719). Described in the late 17th century as 'the ruins of a Priory of the Cannons of St. Augustines Order called Derg or Monasterderg' (Downing 1932, 22). Remains comprise a nave and chancel church (int. dims. 23m E-W; 5.95m N-S; wall T 0.8m) constructed of rubble masonry with cut and dressed alternating quoins. There appears to have been a small square-shaped tower (int. dims. 5.9m N-S; 5.9m E-W) at the W end. It is not clear if it is contemporary with the priory or whether it was added in the late medieval period. The E end of the church is best preserved; the E gable and E ends of the N (L 8.9m) and S (L 9.2m) walls of the chancel survive to full height, elsewhere the walls are defined by low wall-footings. Three single-light pointed lancet windows in the E gable and two similar windows in the S wall are the only surviving architectural features. They are made of sandstone and are set in widely splayed round-arched embrasures. They date from the 13th century. The windows and the external faces of the walls were reconstructed and repointed with concrete during the course of a graveyard clean-up scheme. To the N of the chancel low walls of a small, rectangular structure (int. dims. 6m N-S; 5.1m E-W), probably a transept, are located at the possible crossing point between the nave and chancel of the church. The cloister (dims. c. 13.45m E-W; 11m N-S) is to the S. The E range is subdivided into three small rooms that have been reused as private burial plots. A fragment of a medieval cross-inscribed graveslab (LF018-066003-) and a small circular millstone (diam. 0.52m; T 0.12m), along with other architectural fragments, have been placed against the external face of the S wall of the church. A second larger millstone (diam. 0.6m; T 0.3m) is against the internal face of the S wall of the graveyard. A low semicircular platform immediately to the E of the graveyard may be associated with the priory or it may relate to post-medieval field drainage. Outside the NE corner of the graveyard grass-covered walls of a possible building, and low earthworks in the fields to the N, E and S of it, may also be associated with the priory. (ITA Survey 1944; Higgins 1971, 110-12) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 June 2013

• LF018-066002 Graveyard
  Description

  Associated with an Augustinian abbey (LF018-066001-), which is located at its E end. This roughly subrectangular graveyard (112m E-W; 73m N-S) is enclosed by a late 19th-century stone wall and is still in use. Memorials date from the 18th century. Mass is celebrated on a stone altar within it on 'Cemetery Sunday' in July every year. (ITA Survey 1944; Higgins 1971, 110-12; Lennon 2005) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 June 2013

• LF018-066003 Graveslab
  Description

  Lying against the external face of the S wall of the church of the Augustinian abbey (LF018-066001-). A fragment of a chamfered graveslab (L 0.4m; Wth 0.4m; T 0.13m) is decorated with a double-lined cross that is framed with an incised line. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 June 2013

• LF018-104 Building
  Description

  On a N-facing slope within an area densely overgrown with scrub and small trees. There are numerous boulders of varying sizes in the vicinity. Not marked on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. The Augustinian Canons foundation (LF018-066001-) is c. 750m SW. A rectangular building (int. dims. 7.2m NE-SW; 3.5m NW-SE) defined by very poorly constructed uncoursed drystone-built walls (Wth 0.35; H c. 0.3 - 1.2m). Of these the NE gable is the best preserved. There is a poorly defined entrance (present Wth c. 0.8m) at the SW end of the SE wall. No windows were identified. Neither was there any evidence for a chimney or hearth. Internally the building is divided into two unequal rooms or areas by a collapsed stone wall. Access between the two rooms was through a break in the centre of this wall (present Wth c. 0.3m). The larger room, at the NE end, measures 4.3m long; the second 2.6m. This building is thought locally to be associated with the 'abbey', upon whose lands it is located, but its morphology suggests that it is a 19th-century construction. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF023-001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a gentle SW-facing slope in pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A raised subrectangular area (c. 40m ENE-WSW; c. 35m NNW-SSE) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 2.5m; H 0.3m) with a shallow external fosse (Wth 1.2m; D 0.3-0.5m). The bank and fosse have been modified and incorporated into a field boundary from SSW-W-NW. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded that the original entrance may have been at SE. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 Abbeyderg, 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 Abbeyderg.

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 Abbeyderg with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford.

Name

Abbeyderg · Mainistir Dhearg

Area

3,494,041 m² (349.4 ha, 863.4 acres)

Civil parish

Taghsheenod, and its townlands

Barony

Moydow

Electoral division

Kilcommock, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,161 people lived in 410 households in the Kilcommock electoral division. 62% of households owned their home. 56% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cartrons, Cloonmucker, Cornahoo, Curraghmore, Curry, Glenmore, Loughan, Monascallaghan, Torboy

Placenames

Abbeyderg 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.