We stopped here after leaving Connemara National Park and was definitely on my list of photo stops after seeing many postcards in gift shops all over Ireland. Kylemore Castle, as it was originally known, was built in 1967 by a wealthy London doctor as a gift for his wife.  Later in 1920 it was founded as Kylemore Abbey, a Benedictine monastery for nuns who fled Belgium in World War I. We did not pay the heavy entrance fee to go inside as we read reviews that you are only able to visit a few rooms.  There is also a walled garden and I would have liked to have seen that but again didn’t want to pay. We did, however, take plenty of photos of the outside of this magnificent property. The views from across the pond are stunning and probably the most liked of all the pictures I took on our trip.