Step back in time when you visit Kylemore Abbey, a beautiful, large estate located within County Galway, only an hour away from Galway City.

Axo Architects, who designed the €10 million Benedictine Monastery at Kylemore Abbey, came ahead of 47 other designs to win the much sought-after award.

Visit Kylemore Abbey during your next trip to County Galway, the jewel of Connemara's crown and a haven of history, beauty, and serenity. For the past century, the Benedictine Nuns have created ...

A mixed housing development in the heart of Drogheda, Co Louth, won the people's choice architecture award. There is really nothing in The Menu’s world to beat the breaking of bread with old ...

A Victorian-walled garden, visitor centre, craft shop and restaurant have also been added since the mid-1990s to make Kylemore Abbey one of the Connemarra region's premier tourist attractions.

The announcement of the closing of Kylemore Abbey School in Connemara puts an end to a rich history of education. Many secondary school girls from Ireland and all over the globe have received ...

Kylemore Abbey, in Ireland's County Galway, has housed Benedictine nuns since 1920, when a group fled Belgium during World War I. The beautiful place of refuge includes the abbey, a neo-Gothic ...

Thanks to the determination of the resident community of Benedictine nuns, the eight-acre garden at Kylemore Abbey Gardens in Connemara, Ireland, has been restored. Once lockdown lifts, visitors can ...

Today there is a community of 14 nuns at Kylemore. In 1993 a visitor centre was developed to welcome visitors to the abbey, garden and Gothic church, and to serve as an introductory point to the area.

Since the early 1920s, Kylemore Abbey has been in the hands of Benedictine Nuns, who purchased the castle and church after leaving World War One devastated Ypres in Belgium, ...

After the Benedictine nuns took possession of Kylemore Castle in November 1920, they opened the Abbey as a girls secondary school two years later. The school was opened to day students from the ...