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Title	Kylemore Abbey
Country	Ireland
Geographic Location	Connemara
Photographer	Redman, Neal
Program	England Term
Description/Reflection	During March of 2000, the England Term group was escorted about Ireland by our faithful leader, DR (Professor Dan Ritchie), and our "charismatic" Irish bus driver, Harry. Our home base for several days was Galway, a small city on the western coast of Ireland. As he drove us about through the rocky hillsides of Western Ireland, Harry kept our spirits up by pumping music from the Beatles and the Corrs through the speakers of the bus. On one of these days, he took us to Connemara National Park, a place fill with mist, high hills, and dark pines. As we explored, we took a stop for several minutes at Kylemore Abbey, a manor-like gray structure situated on a lake that reflected its image. It was watched from above by a massive white statue of Christ, which seemed a small dot on the hillside from this far away...
Term of Study Abroad	2000 Spring
Award Date	2000-11-16
Subject	Abbeys Lakes Mountains
Keywords	Manors; Hillside; Mist; Connemara National Park
Bethel Affiliation	Student
Photo Scene	General view
Date Digitized	2011-01-26
Resource Type	image/still image
Format	image/jpeg
Copyright Statement	Images and metadata in the Bethel University Study Abroad Collection are provided with permission by the Office of Off-Campus Programs/International Studies. Content for this collection is licensed under a Creative Commons license 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ for attributed, non-commercial, non-derivative works. Any exceptions to this must be approved by Melanie Eslinger at m-eslinger@bethel.edu.
Publisher	Bethel University
Source	Office of Off-Campus Programs/International Studies
Language	English
Filename	2000fRedNKyl.jpg
Geographic Coordinates	53.4167, -9.7500
Contributing Institution	Bethel University

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