North Atlantic Skyline - - Photographs from the west of Ireland (Galway, Mayo, Clare, Limerick, Roscommon and even Leitrim)

Sign of the Times I

This area has featured in almost all of Ireland's history, particularly the turbulent bits, and yet 90% of the souvenirs relate to an affable slice of blarney filmed around here half a century ago. Cong, Co. Mayo is ground zero for The Quiet Man tourist industry, though the Abbey, Ashford Castle, the two lakes and even the ill-fated canal are probably more interesting. Next time I'm up there, I want to see a sign for "The Firbolgs slew the Tuath De Danann here amid much slaughter and severed heads and all I got was this lousy T-shirt".

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