They say that when you’re in Kylemore you are only two feet from heaven, and given the beauty one finds all around there, it could well be true. Kylemore Abbey, home to the Benedictine nuns, is ...

There are plans in place to shift the emphasis from Kylemore Abbey as a tourist destination to that of welcoming visitors to the Benedictines' home and sharing the prayer-work-study balance ...

One of the most famous schools in the State, Kylemore Abbey in the heart of Connemara, Co Galway, is to close. The school, which enjoys one of the most spectacular settings of any school in these ...

On future plans, Mr Lavelle said ... The Benedictine nuns first came to Kylemore in 1920 after their abbey in Ypres in Belgium was destroyed in the First World War.