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Distinguished personalities in Cong and The Neale from Irish Tourist Association Survey, 1945

 Included in this section are notes on Sir William Wilde and Oscar Wilde, Captain Boycott, George MacNamara – a Robin Hood type figure who owned Cong abbey and lands in the 18^th century, Lord Abbot Prendergast, General George Blake who was involved in the 1798 rebellion and C.D.D. MacLagan.

 

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Amenities

Antiquities

Ashford Castle 

Cong Abbey

Curiosities

Customs

Geology

Historic sites

Islands in Lough Corrib and Lough Mask

Sports and games

Topography