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Toilets; parking; shop; restaurant (open mid-March to October) guided tours; tearoom. The Kylemore estate is partially accessible to wheelchair users and those with reduced mobility, with limited access to six of the nine open rooms.
Set in the Connemara mountains is Kylemore Abbey, a beautiful neo-Gothic Castle (under restoration). Built by the English industrialist Mitchell Henry in 1868, visitors to the three reception rooms in the Abbey are touched by its history steeped in romance and tragedy. Kylemore Castle was sold to Benedictine nuns fleeing war-torn Belgium in 1920 and the Castle became an Abbey. The Community of Nuns re-opened their International Boarding School for girls here, and also established a day school for local girls.
Mitchell Henry built the recently re-opened Neo-Gothic Church (under restoration) between 1877 and 1881 as a memorial to his wife following her untimely death. The Church, a ‘cathedral in miniature', is a centre of reflection and prayer for many visitors.
A short walk from here takes visitors to the Mausoleum where the original owners are buried.
The complimentary shuttle bus takes visitors to the recently re-opened, 6-acre
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- Landmark