Alicia Ortego
A place with a tomb and tiny but pretty cloister
Just beginning to walk through the National Park of Killarney, if you arrive by the 1st access to the park from the Kenmare road, you will see the ruins of an abbey and graveyard, on the other side of a small lake. We thought it would be "an abbey more", as it is easy to come up from the ruins and witness the high presence of the Church in Ireland for centuries. But after touring the park, we decided to detour and stop to watch. It is a lovely building, in which they have reconstructed a part, so you can access the top floor and from there see one of the main rooms, with a huge tomb, or the tiny but pretty cloister.
Founded in the year 1448, it was burned like so many other churches and monasteries by Cromwell's troops in the year 1652. Apparently, William Thackeray said it was "a little gem, the ruined abbey was the prettiest I´ve ever seen." Perhaps exaggerating, or maybe not ... By the way, when we left and continued on our way into a nearby field we spotted a deer. Such is the tranquility of these places, at least one business day
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