This weekend in Gwent's surrounding areas is jam-packed with unique events, from a ghost hunt to a talk on the Holy Grail.

The closure comes almost two centuries after the abbey was founded in the 1830s by an Irish-born monk who returned to Ireland ...

“Monasteries don’t make much sense without monks,” says Fr Richard Purcell, abbot of Mount Melleray Abbey in west Waterford. The cleric is in reflective mood as the Cistercian ...

On that date, the monks of Mount Melleray Abbey (Waterford) and New Mellifont Abbey (Louth) will relocate to join their brethren of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance at Mount Saint ...

From monk culture, to offering a paradise to wildlife, all of our islands hold some very different identities but each tell a ...

War Horse author Sir Michael Morpurgo and Waterstones children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce read to children at All Saints ...

A short boat ride from Tenby, Caldey Island is home to a community of Cistercian monks who continue a tradition of prayer and self-sufficiency that dates back over a thousand years. The current ...

Last weekend as we turned the corner and the huge edifice of Mount Melleray Abbey loomed over us, the bells were still ...