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PMR-D6780 Ireland, County Galway, Connemara: remote Kylemore Abbey was built as a stately home by Mitchell Henry for his wife, Margaret, in the 1860s. It is now home to a community of Benedictine nuns who moved here as refugees from Ypres in 1920. Much admired, finely carved marble fireplace. Keywords: mansion, picturesque, historic, heritage, culture, architecture, imposing, stately, artistic

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Photographer: Peter Michael Rhodes
Collection: Travel
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PMR-D6780
Upload Date: 2018-08-04 12:24:26
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Ireland, County Galway, Connemara: remote
Kylemore Abbey was built as

a stately home by Mitchell Henry for his wife, Margaret, in the 1860s. It is now home to a community of Benedictine nuns who moved here as refugees from Ypres in 1920. Much admired, finely carved marble fireplace.
Keywords: mansion, picturesque, historic, heritage, culture, architecture, imposing, stately, artistic