The beautiful Gothic church at Kylemore Abbey, County Connemara, County Galway, Republic of Ireland, Europe.
The beautiful Gothic church at Kylemore Abbey, County Connemara, County Galway, Republic of Ireland. It was was built as a private home for the family of Mitchell Henry, a wealthy doctor from London, whose family was in textile manufacturing from Manchester, England. He moved to Ireland, when he and his wife, Margaret, purchased the land around the Abbey and became a politician, and was also an MP for County Galway from 1871 to 1885. Mitchell had this cathedral-in-miniature built in loving memory of his wife Margaret, who died at the early age of 45.
Size: 4660px × 3107px
Location: Kylemore Abbey church, Pollacappul, Connemara, County Galway, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Photo credit: © Mieneke Andeweg-van Rijn / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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