One of the country's best known Cistercian abbeys, Mount Melleray in west Waterford, is to close this weekend after almost two centuries. Falling numbers and an ageing community is being blamed ...

Pilgrims are flocking one last time to one of Munster’s best-known abbeys, run by the Cistercian monks in Waterford. Mount Melleray Abbey, near Cappoquin, will close on Saturday, almost two ...

The skimpy 44 points that the Mount Carmel and Mount Saint Joseph boys basketball teams split evenly in the first half of Wednesday night’s game displayed the defensive grind that came with each ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Be sure not to skip the rum cake from the on-site Terrace Cafe. – Tonya Russell Though larger rum distilleries like Mount Gay Rum and West Indies Rum can be found on the ...

St. Peter's Abbey was founded in 696, making it one of the oldest monasteries in the German-speaking region. It includes St. Peter's Church, Friedhof St. Peter (a cemetery), the oldest library in ...

Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world’s tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first time in nearly a decade, officials ...

Welcome to Westminster Abbey. Daily prayer has been offered in this place for over a thousand years, and your participation in today's service is warmly welcomed. At choral Evensong most of the ...

With the eyes of the world on Washington D.C. for the inauguration of Donald Trump, a quiet corner of North Yorkshire can claim its own link to the office of president of the United States.

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