Mount Melleray Abbey, a Cistercian monastery in the foothills of the Knockmealdown mountains, now houses only six monks and ...

The closure comes almost two centuries after the abbey was founded in the 1830s by an Irish-born monk who returned to Ireland ...

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Last weekend as we turned the corner and the huge edifice of Mount Melleray Abbey loomed over us, the bells were still ...

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Ravel’s solo piano works, choral pieces by David Lang and Palestrina, and miniatures written for the pianist Adam Tendler are among the highlights.

Off the coast of County Kerry, two jagged islands rise out of the Atlantic Ocean – ruggedly beautiful with centuries of ...

He founded several monasteries to which he introduced, at least partially, the Irish monastic rule. He also built the basilica of St. Paul and restored the basilica of St. Martial in Paris.

Mount Melleray Abbey, Co. Waterford, closed its doors on Saturday after a final Mass. The monks will relocate to Roscrea, to ...

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When my Dad laughed one day at my indignation while relating how I shared these views in the Finding Brigid documentary, I ...