• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Irish America

Irish America

Irish America

  • HOME
  • WHO WE ARE
    • ABOUT US
    • OUR CONTRIBUTORS
  • IN THIS ISSUE
  • HALL OF FAME
  • THE LISTS
    • BUSINESS 100
    • HALL OF FAME
    • HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES 50
    • WALL STREET 50
  • LIBRARY
  • TRAVEL
  • EVENTS

Sr. Maire Hickey

Kylemore Abbey Visitor Center Opens

By Maggie Holland, Assistant Editor
August / September 2019

August 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment

Conor Coyne, chief executive of the Kylemore Trust, Sr. Maire Hickey, Mark Mitchell Henry, Minister Shane Ross, Sr. Magdelena, and Orla Carrol of Failte Ireland.

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

Primary Sidebar

Featured Video

Featured Podcast

News from the Irish Post

  • Spiking set to become a criminal offence in Northern Ireland

    LEGISLATION has been introduced to make spiking a criminal offence in Northern Ireland. Justice M...

  • Second man arrested following PSNI raids linked to West Belfast UDA

    TWO men have been arrested following a series of raids by PSNI officers investigating suspected c...

  • Public asked to name Irish and British storms of 2025/26

    THE British Met Office and Ireland's Met Éireann are inviting the public to help name the storms ...

  • Dermot Murnaghan thanks fans for ‘support and encouragement’ after revealing prostate cancer diagnosis

    FORMER news reporter Dermot Murnagahn has thanked his fans for their outpouring of support after ...

June 24, 1875

Forrest Reid, Irish novelist and literary critic, was born on this day in Belfast in 1875. To this day, Reid is regarded amongst the likes of J.M. Barrie and Hugh Walpole as a pre-war British boyhood novelist. His most famous work was Young Tom, for which he won a James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1944.

Footer

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Subscribe

  • Subscribe
  • Give a Gift
  • Newsletter

Additional

  • Advertise
  • Contact
  • Terms of Use & Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2025 · IrishAmerica Child Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in