BEING contemplative doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the craic and even a contemplative has to go Christmas crackers once a year.

A DROP in the number of nuns entering the Benedictine Order has forced the prestigious Kylemore Abbey School in Connemara, Co Galway to announce it will shut its doors.

A drop in the number of nuns entering the Benedictine Order has forced the prestigious Kylemore Abbey School in Connemara, Co Galway to shut its doors.