It was eventually purchased by a community of Benedictine nuns, that had fled Belgium during the World War I. The sisters settled at Kylemore and turn the mansion into an abbey. Since its initial ...

Such was the destruction, that the nuns were never to return to Ypres to live and instead moved to the Benedictine sanctuary of Kylemore Abbey in Connemara, where their order remains. It was ...

by developing a relationship with cloistered Benedictine nuns at a convent. Excerpt: The abbey’s inhabitants include a former movie star, politicians, businesswomen, artists of all kinds.

The historic abbey is to partner with the US’s Notre Dame university to develop a new educational and spiritual centre ...