Kylemore Abbey, on the banks of Lough Pollacappul, Kylemore, Connemara, County Galway, Republic of Ireland.

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Kylemore Castle was built in 1868 as a private home for the family of Mitchell Henry Abbey, Kylemore Abbey is a Benedictine monastery founded in 1920 on the grounds of Kylemore Castle, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. The abbey was founded for Benedictine Nuns who fled Belgium in World War I.

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Location: Kylemore Abbey, Letterfrack, Connemara, County Galway, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Photo credit: © Mieneke Andeweg-van Rijn / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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