Cong

This past weekend our group was able to visit the city of Galway and along the way we made many stops to sight see and try other things.  One highlight of the trip was the town named Cong.  Yes it is pronounced like the video game Donkey Kong.  The town itself was pretty small but unlike the area of Louisburgh that we are staying at, Cong actually has trees.

It also is right next a river or creek but this was very high because of all the high the rain that Ireland has been getting lately.  This town, Cong was the place where the film "The Quiet Man" was filmed with John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara.

I also said earlier that the river was very high, a couple more inches of rain it looks like some peoples homes will be flooded.  It is amazing that people have built there homes so close to the river, it would be a little scary seeing the water get higher and higher and not being able to do anything about it.

Also there is a castle in Cong, Ashford Castle.  It has been turned into a 5 star hotel and even has its own private road to the castle.  We had to sneak onto the road to even get a picture of the castle.  We didn't get very close and it is under construction but it still looked very nice.

Also what made Cong so nice was the fact that the rarely seen sun decided to pop its head out and give us a day.  There was also this little fishing house made of stone and brick.  The monks used it to fish in the river and it was actually kind of spacious in there.  They even added a fireplace and with a chimney.  They mainly fish salmon in this river.