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  • A Blanket of Snow

    A Blanket of Snow

    Remembering 10 December 2017
  • A Brief History of Kilnalahan

    A Brief History of Kilnalahan

    Talk given by Frank Burke, Author of book - 'The Abbey of Kilnalahan'
  • Abbey Graveyard

    Abbey Graveyard

    Searchable Digital Database
  • Abbey In Years Gone By

    Abbey In Years Gone By

    Memories of another era through old photographs
  • Abbey Wildlife Sanctuary

    Abbey Wildlife Sanctuary

    Contributing to Abbey's Biodiversity
  • Abbey's Heritage

    Abbey's Heritage

    Keeping the past alive - our built and natural heritage
  • Carrowcrin in the late 1800s

    Carrowcrin in the late 1800s

    Through the eyes of a young boy
  • Folklore and Placenames

    Folklore and Placenames

    Stories and Memories from the past
  • Kilnalahan Monastery, Abbey, Loughrea

    Kilnalahan Monastery, Abbey, Loughrea

    The only Carthusian House in Ireland
  • Kilnalahan Mural

    Kilnalahan Mural

    The History of Kilnalahan Monastery at a Glance
  • Ladywell, Abbey

    Ladywell, Abbey

    A long-established Holy Well
  • My Trip To Ballygowan

    My Trip To Ballygowan

    Birthplace of my Grandfather - Patrick McDonagh
  • Photograph Gallery

    Photograph Gallery

    A glimpse of Abbey
  • Praying Nature at Kilnalahan Abbey

    Praying Nature at Kilnalahan Abbey

    Visit to Abbey Monastery
  • St Feichin's Cemetery, Lacken

    St Feichin's Cemetery, Lacken

    Lacken Cemetery and its link with Doon, Co Limerick
  • St Feichin's National School, Abbey

    St Feichin's National School, Abbey

  • Sweet Ballygowan

    Sweet Ballygowan

    Song written about the Ballygowan evictions
  • The Great Book of Duniry

    The Great Book of Duniry

    The Lebor Breac or the Speckled Book of the MacEgans
  • Views of Abbey

    Views of Abbey

    Courtesy Grace Roche
  • Visit to Abbey Apiary - May 2014

    Visit to Abbey Apiary - May 2014

    Training Day for new Beekeepers at Brian and Ann Murphy's Apiary
  • Winter Scenes in Abbey

    Winter Scenes in Abbey

    The First Snow of 2015
  • Townlands

    Townlands (39)

    Information taken from a variety of official documents
Featured pages
  • Darby Gilchreest

    Darby Gilchreest

    Death Of Famed Tynagh Hurler
  • A Galway Centenarian

    A Galway Centenarian

    News item from The Irish Independent 1913
  • Bringing Home the Turf

    Bringing Home the Turf

    Remembering those who are no longer with us
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