The Abbey Galway

... just a light rain and could have been much worse…guess it just made the Irish experience that day a little more authentic ;) ). The Abbey was beautiful--we toured the Victorian gardens, a few rooms of the Abbey itself that are open to the public, ...

... grandparents can live there as well. Naturally I also want the servants that come with the deal, if not what fun can this place be. The abbey even has it own church, and since the church will belong to us we can set the service times just when we want, ...

... by Kylemore lake. Kylemore site is huge and there is also a Victorian garden accessible via mini bus that you can take in front of the abbey. All the outside of the Abbey and the park is gorgeous, but I did not find the inside of the castle very ...

... and we had the perfect weather to walk around the grounds, spend time in the walled Garden and then venture into the Abbey before hitting the road again. Thinking there's nothing like waking up to the smell of freshly made bread, Leann and ...

... best scones in Ireland.. until they changed their recipe.  I think they're the best I've had so far, so I can't complain.  The abbey has a sad story behind it, though.  So this man from England married the love of his life, and they went ...

... and Chastity. Now, the Monastic home of the Benedictine Nuns who run the all-girl school, I was thrilled to be touring the Abbey rooms while a music lesson was taking place. The accomplished harpist's serene notes seemed to float thru the dining room ...

... garden.  It is now Kylemore Abbey, a Benedictine nunnery founded in 1920 on the grounds of Kylemore Castle.  The abbey was founded when Benedictine Nuns fled Belgium in World War I.  We left the abbey and headed out on the ...

... to the original plantings.  There are statues all over the grounds now, even a large statue of the Sacred Heart up behind the abbey on the mountain.  We ended our visit with ice cream cones.  The ice cream was from Adare where we began our ...

... space remembering I saw it. Because while these items are listed as sites seen - I don't really remember them. We arrive at the Abbey and have about two hours there; our first stop? the cafeteria! for? Coffee! I also found some smoky bacon crisps ...

... ;& it ticked me off . So I lugged around a broken camcorder for the next 14 days with only 3 seconds of video from the cliffs. The abbey looked like a castle, which it originally was named and sits on the shores of the lake. The ...