A tour around Kylemore Abbey
From Generation to Generation, a wonderful new Visitor Experience opened in 2019 and tells the stories of the many generations of people who have lived, worked, studied and prayed inside Kylemore Abbey\u2019s solid granite walls. \u202fThe new Visitor Experience brings these stories to life in stunning fashion with the use of historical photographs, audio-visual presentations, displays of artefacts from the Kylemore archive, historical costumes, and beautifully restored period rooms. New visitors and old friends of Kylemore will be delighted with this fascinating experience which brings the story of Kylemore to life for this generation and many to come. Kylemore Abbey's Victorian Walled Garden is an oasis of ordered splendour in the wild Connemara Countryside. Developed along with the Castle in the late 1800s it once boasted 21 heated glasshouses and a workforce of 40 gardeners. One of the last walled gardens built during the Victorian period in Ireland it was so advanced for the time that it was compared in magnificence with Kew Gardens in London. Just a five minute walk from the Abbey, along the shores of Lough Pollucapal lies Kylemore\u2019s enchanting neo-Gothic Church. Described as a \u2018Cathedral in Miniature\u2019, this fourteenth century style, elegant building is a lasting testament to the love of Mitchell Henry for his wife Margaret. On your visit you may be lucky enough to enjoy one of the many musical performances that take place here throughout the year.