The Hills Are Alive - A Year at Kylemore Abbey - Season 1, Episode 01

This series takes viewers through a year in the life of Kylemore Abbey, an iconic heritage site and monastery in Connemara that’s become one of Ireland’s most popular tourist destinations, thanks to its owners, a highly entrepreneurial group of Benedictine nuns. We observe how these dynamic sisters combine devout spirituality with a canny commercial sense, working with a massive team of lay staff to maintain Kylemore’s success, heritage, and environment alongside its religious ethos. We also go behind the monastery wall to explore what it means to be a Benedictine nun today and how the sisters feel their values still resonate in modern society.