"SONS of the Irish and daughters of their under-kings were monks and virgins of Christ - I cannot count their number." Thus wrote St Patrick in his letter to Coroticus in the 5th century. By the end ...

A new study has analyzed three million travel reviews to reveal the tourist attractions around the world most likely to be described as being 'worth it', with Skellig Michael Monastery in Kerry ...

COUNTY MEATH, IRELAND—The Irish Independent reports that archaeologists led by Geraldine Stout have uncovered pottery; the bones of cows, sheep, cats, and dogs; seeds; nuts; a key; a timber dash-urn ...

Redemptorist Father John Hanna in the library of Clonard Monastery in Belfast, Northern Ireland, which hosted the peace talks leading to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. (Credit: Claire Giangravè.) ...

Deep in the stunning Irish countryside, Peter Farrugia found the rhythms of daily monastic worship can bring tranquillity to believers and non-believers alike. Malta’s connection with Melleray Abbey ...

Spike Island has been host to a 7th century monastery, a 24-acre fortress, the largest convict depot in the world in Victorian times, and centuries of island homes In the last 1,300 years Spike Island ...

Step back in time to Ireland's Boyne Valley, where ancient secrets and captivating history await to be uncovered.

COUNTY DONEGAL, IRELAND—A monastic enclosure dating to the early seventh century has been uncovered at Drunholm, where tradition claims Christian St. Ernan, nephew of St. Columba, was buried ca. A.D.

An Oklahoma Catholic Benedictine community has opened what may be the first monastery to open in Ireland since 1536. The religious community in the priory has been steadily growing since 2012 and ...

A new Benedictine monastery, the first in over 800 years, is to be established in County Down. The Benedictines first came to Ireland with John De Courcy and built a monastery near Downpatrick in 1138 ...