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Kylemore Abbey Visitor Center Opens

By Maggie Holland, Assistant Editor
August / September 2019

August 1, 2019 by By <a href="https://irishamerica.com/2019/05/maggie-holland/">Maggie Holland</a>, Assistant Editor<br/><a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2019-archive/august-september-2019/">August / September 2019</a> Leave a Comment

From Generation to Generation… The Story of Kylemore Abbey promises to take visitors on a vivid journey through the history of the iconic building, from its founding by Benedictine nuns who fled Belgium in World War I to the current mother abbess of the Benedictine Community, Marie Hickey. The nuns, who had been based in Ypres for several hundred years, had been bombed out of … [Read more...] about Kylemore Abbey Visitor Center Opens

September 26, 1970

Irish American presidential candidate John F. Kennedy clashes with republican candidate Richard Nixon in the first ever televised presidential debate. This debate, which more than 60 million Americans tuned in for, vastly changed American politics. Kennedy was regarded as the outright winner of the debate, not because of his politics and opinions, but because Kennedy appeared more confident and well-rested than Nixon. Many believe that this debate ultimately secured Kennedy the 1960 election.

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