''Swing the arc of plenty''

'Cong Abbey':

This place has something for everyone - it has a real charm and mystery all of its own. The Abbey - Augustinian - was an important one with lots of history but the fact that it is located in Cong makes it even more so, as Cong appears in much of Ireland’s legends and mythology. On a historical level, it's the place where that famous artefact of Ireland's national treasury was carved - the Cross of Cong; commissioned by Turlough O'Connor in 1123 and carved by Naoise with a part of the True Cross of Christ, according to tradition, and now in the National Museum of Archaeology. Moreover, the Abbey overlooks Lough Corrib - famous for its fly fishing - so if you like to swing the arc of plenty, fishing is just a bend of an arm away!

Right beside here, is also Cong Wood with a great mixture of Cypress, Redwood trees etc - these trees are so homely that you could take them home with you! The place was visited many times by WB Yeats in the 20’s and Oscar Wilde spent his childhood in the area (at Moytura house - the Wilde country home) so it has something for the literary lover too! So a quaint Abbey in an even quainter village surrounded by a lake and wood. If your shadow could become a living being, it would surely do so here, such is the wondrous energy of the place.