Courtney McGrailNotre Dame University has begun work on its new education centre at Kylemore Abbey.
The prestigious Catholic university, located close to Chicago, has strong links with Ireland where it has a centre in Dublin’s Merrion Square, 2000 of its students have studied since 1998, and its famous football team, the ‘Fighting Irish’, played at the Aviva Stadium in 2012.
Fr Tim Scully, co-founder of the university’s Alliance for Catholic Education said Kylemore is an ideal location for the centre, claiming Notre Dame and the Irish Benedictines’ shared ethos commits them to educational excellence.
The centre’s courses will begin next May.