Kylemore Abbey

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Kylemore Abbey

Kylemore Abbey is a Benedictine nunnery founded in 1920 on the grounds of Kylemore Castle, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland.

Notable features of the abbey are the neo-Gothic church (built between 1877 and 1881), and the Victorian walled garden.

The abbey houses a secondary girls' boarding school, Kylemore Abbey International Girls' School.

External links

• [abbey website]

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