Aughnanure CastleSix storeys of tower house standing on a rock in the Drimneen river, a few kilometres out of Oughterard.
Abbey
Cong Abbey
Cong, County Mayo
The ruined Augustinian abbey sits in the middle of Cong village, with a carved doorway and a cloister arcade.
Turlough O’Connor, High King of Ireland, founded the Augustinian abbey in Cong, County Mayo in the early 12th century.
- Where
- Cong, County Mayo
- Address
- Abbey St, Cong South
- Official site
- megalithicireland.com
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
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Achill IslandIsland · Achill SoundIreland's largest island is joined to the mainland by a road bridge at Achill Sound.
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