IMG_3634 Killary Fjord fish farms
IMG_3636 Peat cutting trench
IMG_3638 Kylemore Castle was built by Henry and Margaret Mitchell, from 1867 to 1871
IMG_3639 In 1920 the Irish Benedictine Nuns purchased it and created Kylemore Abbey
IMG_3640 The community of 24 nuns had fled their original abbey in Ypres, Belgium, founded 1665, in 1914 when it was destroyed by shellfire
IMG_3644 The Irish Dames of Ypres ran a boarding school here until 1910
IMG_3645 It is now their home abbey, with the public welcome to five rooms and the grounds
IMG_3648 Ancient manuscripts from Ypres are on display
IMG_3650 The dining room, restored to original Victorian style
IMG_3652 Kylemore was owned by the Duke and Duchess of Manchester from 1903-14, then Ernest Fowke until 1920
IMG_3653 Lough Pollacapall from the abbey. Henry Mitchell chose the site partly for the good fishing
IMG_3658 Memorial chapel built by Henry Mitchell for his beloved wife Margaret, who died in 1875