Kylemore in County Galway, Connacht, Ireland — Irish West ((Éire) North Atlantic Ocean)

From Generation to Generation

Pray and Work

— Ora et Labora —

From Generation to Generation Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 8, 2025

1. From Generation to Generation Marker

Beginning of the marker

Inscription.
Welcome to Kylemore Abbey. From GENERATION to GENERATION
and throughout its history, this special place has been a home,
a haven, a school and a sanctuary.

500s Saint Benedict
500s · Saint Benedict founded a monastery at Monte Cassino, Italy

1665 · Founding of Benedictine monastery in Ypres, Belgium

Home
1867 Mitchell Henry
4 September 1867 · Mitchell Henry begins construction of Kylemore Castle

1871 · Construction of Kylemore Castle completed

1874 Margaret Henry
4 December 1874 · Death of Margaret Henry in Cairo, Egypt

21 September 1892 · Death of Geraldine Henry following an accident at nearby Derryinver Bridge

1903 Manchesters
September 1903 · Kylemore sold to the Duke and Duchess of Manchester

1914 · The Manchesters leave Kylemore

Haven
1914 Benedictines
November 1914 · The Benedictines flee war-torn Belgium

4 December 1920 · The Benedictines arrive at Kylemore

School
1923 Pupils
11 September 1923 · Kylemore Abbey School is opened

Big Fire
25 January 1959 · The Big Fire

April 1995 · Gothic Church re-opened

August 2000 · Walled Gardens re-opened

June 2010 · Kylemore Abbey School closed

Sanctuary
2013 Benedictines
2013

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· New Monastic Church completed

2019 A special place
2019 · Foundation stone of new monastery laid

Erected by Kylemore Abbey.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Education • Religion & Religious Structures • Women. A significant historical date for this entry is September 4, 1867.

Location. 53° 33.704′ N, 9° 53.382′ W. Marker is in Kylemore, Connacht, in County Galway. It can be reached from no nearby street. Marker is at the public entrance to the castle, on the Kylemore Abbey grounds. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Kylemore, Connacht H91 VR90, Ireland. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean,

in the North Atlantic Region,

on the Atlantic Arc,

in Europe,

on the Island of Ireland,

on the Celtic Fringe,

in the European Union,

in Atlantic Europe,

on one of the British Isles,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 18 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Kylemore Castle Ash Pit (a few

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 8, 2025

2. From Generation to Generation Marker

End of the marker

steps from this marker); Lake Walk (within shouting distance of this marker); Meet The Yew (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named Lake Walk (about 180 meters away); a different marker also named Lake Walk (about 180 meters away); 1849 Famine Walk (approx. 13.6 kilometers away); Srahwee or Altóir Megalithic Wedge Tomb (approx. 16.6 kilometers away); Killeen Graveyard and Cross Slab (approx. 16.9 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kylemore.

More about this marker. Marker is difficult to photograph in full given its length and the constricted outdoor entrance corridor.

Also see . . . Kylemore Abbey. (Submitted on April 27, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Credits. This page was last revised on May 7, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 27, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 102 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 27, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.