High Island, or Ardoileán in Irish, is located two miles off the west coast of Ireland, and it's currently for sale for $1.4 million, CNN Travel reports. Eighty acres and 206 feet above sea level ...

The story of the monastery’s establishment in Ireland begins with Dom Mark himself, who, akin to Ireland’s patron Saint Patrick, felt he was drawn towards the promotion of the Church in Ireland.

When they are not singing, Jacquie and Rich take people on tours to Ireland, in the daytime visiting fishing villages, ancient stone circles, church ruins, and other sites of interest, while at ...

When the abbess died in 866, she was buried in the abbey church. Her grave was opened sometime between 1001 and 1020. At the same time, a new monastery was built at the abbey.

THE EFFORT to present to the public the ruins of St Catherine of Alexandria’s Monastery, called familiarly Katarínka, led volunteers from the eponymous project to organise a cultural programme evening ...

Archaeologists uncovered the remains of one of the oldest Christian churches in the world, and the oldest such site found in Armenia. The ruins date back to the fourth century.

St Teresa’s Church and Monastery in Dublin offers a peaceful retreat amidst the bustling city center, providing a serene escape from the busy surroundings.

WATCHING a common pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) out hunting recently near the ruins of a local 17th century church, I couldn’t help but be transported like Shakespeare’s Ariel ...

A former country mansion in Co Meath is set to be transformed into a monastery as part of a $1 million development by two Benedictine monks.. The monks in question – Dom Mark Kirby and Dom ...

The jury was told that Mac Carthaigh had been drinking in a flat in Phibsboro on the night of the killing. The prosecution said he had left at about 11pm to go into the city centre when he met Mr ...