Plans to establish monastery in Cork’s Gaeltacht

Plans are under way to establish a monastery in Cork’s Muskerry Gaeltacht.

Cúil Aodha is the intended location of the monastery, and an international religious order has already been identified as the likely inhabitants, with talks ongoing with the Papal Nuncio, Archbishop Charles Brown, regarding its establishment.

The order is a contemplative one which includes nuns as well as monks, and while it is envisaged much of the initial community would be drawn from overseas, the eventual aim is that Irish would be used as the language of the monastery.