The most beautiful religious buildings Ulster

On the Bords River, overlooking Donegal Bay, ruins of a Franciscan abbey erected in 1474.

On a hill southeast of downtown, stands a beautiful Catholic cathedral, built between 1859 and 1892, and its 76-metre high spire. The façade is decorated with numerous statues of saints and bishops. The interior of this impressive grey limestone building is dominated by an inverted hull structure.

Bus Eireann travels to Boyle from Sligo. Those who have visited Mellifont Abbey (Louth County) will regain the austerity and severity of the Cistercian monks who built Boyle Abbey in the th century. The church is the main ruin. It keeps its long nave and, in the choir, the elevation of a square tower by impressive arcades. The three openings of the rectory are three blade blades sharp the sky and trees. The cloister, unfortunately, only remains the promenade which allows at least to admire the sequencing of the arches of the church solidly seated.

Remains of a former Dominican convent founded, according to tradition, by Giolla-Losa O'Reilly, Lord of Breffny, in the 14th century, and whose imposing main tower is still standing despite the fire caused by the English in 1468.