Cong
Cong ( Irish : Conga , older also Conga Fheichín ) is a village with 145 inhabitants (2016) in County Mayo in the west of the Republic of Ireland . It is located near the border with County Galway on the approximately three miles wide isthmus , the land connection that separates Lough Corrib from Lough Mask . The two lakes are connected to one another in the local area by above and below ground streams and caverns.
A little outside of Cong is Ashford Castle, one of the most exclusive luxury hotels in Ireland. It is located in a converted medieval castle and is already structurally an attraction. The second sight is the ruins of the Cong Abbey in the middle of the village . It is a foundation of the Augustinians from the 12th century, which was built on the site of a foundation from the 6th century and abandoned in 1542. A high cross , a well-preserved window and just such a gateway are still there. The park of the monastery with the Monks Fishing Cottage is worth seeing. The monastery’s greatest treasure, the Cross of Cong , a medieval jeweled cross, is in the National Museum in Dublin .
To the east of the village are the remains of the Cong Canal , also known as the Dry Canal . It was a 19th century attempt to connect Lough Corrib and Lough Mask. When water was let into the canal, it seeped into the porous limestone before it reached the end of the canal. The plans to seal the canal bed were never realized. Today some of the remains serve as a sewer.
The film The Quiet Man (German: Der Sieger ) by John Ford with John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara in the leading roles was shot in Cong and the surrounding area in 1952 . The Quiet Man Heritage Center in town, which shows the film every day during the tourist season , still reminds of the shooting .
The four stone circles of Glebe (also called Nymphsfield Stone Circles) are east of the R345 Ballinrobe Road, in Glebe, three kilometers northeast of Cong.
Born in Cong
In 1978 the cyclist David O'Loughlin was born in Cong.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Cong on citypopulation.de, accessed on July 15, 2017
- ↑ Map of Ireland (can be enlarged very much; Cong can be found northwest of Galway City.)
Coordinates: 53 ° 32 ′ N , 9 ° 17 ′ W