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Ten Isolated, Gravity-Defying Monasteries You Can Visit Around the World
For centuries, monks have sought solitude and isolation on their path to spiritual enlightenment, choosing some of the most ...
‘It will be deeply sad’: Monks reflect on closure of Waterford monastery after almost 200 years
Mount Melleray Abbey, a Cistercian monastery in the foothills of the Knockmealdown mountains, now houses only six monks and ...
A new chapter begins for the Cistercian monks, but some things haven’t changed
The regime at Our Lady of Silence will be removed from the austerities of La Trappe. The rules on diet, work and silence ...
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Mount Melleray Abbey to close after almost two centuries
One of the country's best known Cistercian abbeys, Mount Melleray in west Waterford, is to close this weekend after almost ...
Irish Examiner on MSN10d
Mount Melleray Abbey to close after almost 200 years with a final Mass
Several pilgrims are expected to visit the site throughout the week, with the order saying that there have been many ...
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Did the Vikings and monks get along?
The first recorded Viking raid on Ireland was in AD795. This raid, on the monastery at Rathlin Island off the Antrim coast, was just the beginning of many years of Viking attacks on Christian ...