Cong

We're in Cong, County Mayo for the night. Here are a few street shots of Cong, along with some details of the medieval ruins of Cong Abbey.

The stone hut in the river is part of Cong Abbey and it was the monks' fishing house. It was built with the river flowing underneath. They set nets through a hole in the floor with a bell attached. When the bell rang they would know they had a fish and go get it.

A 1951 John Wayne movie, "The Quiet Man," was filmed in Cong so you can (if you like) tour the houses used in the movie. We saw the movie before we came and went in the house of the dying man. The cat is in that house. It has nothing to do with the movie, but I liked it. The cat made Doug pet it the entire time we were inside. The man who was staffing the house not only talked to us about the movie but also about the Irish game of hurling. Today's hurling game was televised and showing in every store and restaurant we went into this afternoon.