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The conventional image of Ireland – of luminescent lakes, blue mountains, rock-strewn fields, bogs dark as sachertorte, and peasent cottages coated in generations of whitewash – simply does not hold here. This south-eastern cornerof the country is quite distinctive, due partly to topography and partly to the confluence of different ethnic groups and cultures. Most [...]

Welcome to Dunbrody Abbey, founded in 1170, one of the finest examples of a Cistercian Monastery in Ireland. Attractions include the Abbey, the Maze with Pitch & Putt, Craft Shop and Tea Room.Dunbrody Abbey was founded in 1170 on the instructions of Strongbow, by Herve de Montmorency (his uncle), after the Norman invasion of Ireland. [...]