Kylemore Abbey, Connemara, Ireland

Kylemore Abbey is in the County of Galway and set in the woodlands, lakeside, by Pollacapall Lough. The estate was purchased by Benedictine nuns, who needed a base as they were fleeing the dangerous violence of Ypres, Belgium during the First World War.
For the last 100 years, the property has been a Benedictine monastery and was, until 2010, an international boarding school for girls. The property also has a neo Gothic Church, which was undergoing some restoration, a mausoleum (where the previous owners are buried), and a 6 acre Victorian walked garden.Read more