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Kylemore Abbey

            Kylemore Abbey (Irish: Mainistir na Coille Móire) is a Benedictine monastery founded in 1920 on the grounds of Kylemore Castle, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. The abbey was founded for Benedictine Nuns who fled Belgium in World War I. 

Kylemore Castle was built as a private home for the family of Mitchell Henry, a wealthy doctor from London whose family was involved in textile manufacturing in Manchester, England. He moved to Ireland when he and his wife Margaret purchased the land around the Abbey. He became a politician, becoming an MP for County Galway from 1871 to 1885. The castle was designed by James Franklin Fuller, aided by Ussher Roberts.

Construction first began in 1867, and took one hundred men four years to complete. The castle covered approximately 40,000 square feet (3,700 m2) and had over seventy rooms with a principal wall that was two to three feet thick. The facade measures 142 feet (43 m) in width and is made of granite brought from Dalkey by sea to Letterfrack and from limestone brought from Ballinasloe. There were 33 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 4 sitting rooms, a ballroom, billiard room, library, study, school room, smoking room, gun room and various offices and domestic staff residences for the butler, cook, housekeeper and other servants.

Taken in: Ireland / Galway / Rinvyle (show map)

Taken on: April 27, 2014

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Camera: Nikon D5300, f/13.0, 1/80 sec, 19mm (=28mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D5300
Aperture:	f/13.0
Exposure Time:	0.013 sec (1/80)
Focal Length:	19mm (35mm equivalent: 28mm)
ISO:	100
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Scene Capture Type:	Landscape
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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