Kylemore Abbey is one of Ireland’s most enchanting landmarks — a place where history, romance, tragedy, and spirituality all blend into the stunning Connemara landscape. It sits on the shore of Pollacapall Lough, framed by the Twelve Bens Mountains in County Galway, about an hour northwest of Galway City. A Victorian Love Story, it was built between 1867 and 1871 by Mitchell Henry, a wealthy English politician and doctor, who fell in love with the area while on honeymoon in Connemara with his wi

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The history of the Benedictine nuns and Kylemore Abbey

Kylemore Abbey is a Benedictine monastery founded in 1920 on the grounds of Kylemore Castle, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland.

Kylemore Abbey at sunset. A Benedictine monastery founded on the grounds of Kylemore Castle. Connemara sunny summer evening aerial landscape. Famous tourist attraction in County Galway, Ireland.

Kylemore Abbey, Cran Up Reveal of the Abbey and Walled Gardens.