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Our home for 3 days
The Galway Bay Sea View Apartments. Day 06
Today was a sight seeing day. We are going to the little town of Cong.
The name, Cong, comes from Conga, which describes an isthmus, or a piece of land between two bodies of water. There are lakes on both sides of this area, hence the name. In the movie, Quite Man, the town is called Insfree. The economy of this little village is based on tourists coming to see the place where the movie happened. It has been almost 70 years since the movie was made, and it is still drawing tourists.
The story line of the movie is a good one, and the movie was fun to watch. We want to watch it again when we get home, now that we have seen the town. Electricity was not present when the filming was assigned to be here. There were other places they were going to use, but they had no place large enough for cast and crew to stay. Here in Cong, there was the Ashford Castle which is huge, and housed everyone with no problem. It is now a major hotel. The plan to bring electricity in was put on a fast track
Another pretty sight.
The rock wall fences have so much character, and they seem to contain the livestock. since filming was going to happen in Cong, so that was also a benefit to the city.
If you haven’t seen the movie, then most of today’s post will just be pictures of food and pretty scenes and an old building. ?
And the travel continues.
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