Cong Abbey

Cong village is famous for being the main stage of The Quiet Man, but it keeps a few surprises for visitors. Cong Abbey, from the XII century, is a must that is easy to find as the village is very small. Like other abbeys its stone and arches ooze history. Members of the community met in a room here, to publicly confess their sins. Tremendous. What surprised and delighted us, however, was its exterior. The cloister, of which today are just some bows and manicured lawns, is the prelude to a park of huge, precious trees, that guards the way to a river and the monk's fishing house. Here they sought some of their livelihood, while meditating.