Unimaginable Irish Beauty: 20 Images of the Emerald Isle that Will Make you Do a Jig March 16, 2016 by Catherine Forth View All On 1 Page 3. Kylemore Abbey This Benedictine monastery in Connemara, County Galaway was built in 1920. Its walled gardens and Gothic reflection in the lake is an often photographed scene. Lukasz Pajor / shutterstock.com 3 of 20PreviousNext