"Cathedral in Miniature" built to honor Margaret Henry ... @ Kylemore Abbey — Connamara, Ireland.

Italian yellow limestone interior of the church ... @ Kylemore Abbey — Connamara, Ireland.

Altar window ... @ Kylemore Abbey — Connamara, Ireland.

The marble columns represent the four provinces of Ireland ... @ Kylemore Abbey — Connamara, Ireland

Stained glass window of the five graces ... @ Kylemore Abbey — Connamara, Ireland.

Angelic gargoyle telling of peace ... @ Kylemore Abbey — Connamara, Ireland.

Lakeshore walk overlooking Pollacappul Lake ... @ Kylemore Abbey — Connamara, Ireland.

Kylemore’s Cathedral in Miniature

1 juli 2019, Irland ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F

Margaret Henry didn’t get to live long at Kylemore Castle, which her husband Mitchell built as a gift for her. In 1874, three years after construction was completed, she died of dysentery in Cairo, Egypt.

Mitchell Henry then ordered the construction of a Neo-Gothic church on the estate grounds to honor her. Due to its construction style, the church was known back then as a “cathedral in miniature.” After he died in England in 1910, his ashes were brought to Kylemore and he was interred alongside his wife in the mausoleum on the grounds.Läs mer

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