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

For centuries, monks have sought solitude and isolation on their path to spiritual enlightenment, choosing some of the most ...

As a boy in fourth class in Cork’s North Monastery school in the 1960s, a teacher posed a question to Theo Dorgan. The poet ...

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

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

Now, as Trump returns to the White House thanks, partially, to money from Silicon Valley, it stands to reason that the big ...

The abbey was founded in 1832 by Irish and English monks who were expelled ... months before the order decides what will happen to the monastery and its buildings. Among those visiting the ...

With the new St. Brigid's Day becoming a bank holiday in 2023, Ireland's other St. Patrick's Day is now sharing the spotlight ...

Jan. 6 (UPI) --At least 10 buildings and multiple artifacts from the 5th or 6th century have been uncovered in southern Israel in what authorities say is an ancient Byzantine monastery thousands ...

From Cork, after a day of heavy driving, it was time to stop at the town of Listowel. A bustling market-town of 4,000, Listowel is located on the north bank of the River Feale. According to tradition, ...

Erdene Zuu Buddhist Monastery, Mongolia Addressing climate impacts at one ... Belfast Assembly Rooms, Northern Ireland, ...