CONG ABBEY 218

The most interesting ruin in Connacht--Roderick O'Connor;

Moore's opinion of him--Cong founded by St Fechin--Was

endowed by O'Connor--Description of the Abbey--Its

sculptured stones--The Cross of Cong--Cong never plundered

by the Danes--Peculiarities and beauty of the country round

Cong--Loch Corrib--The Joyce country; a land of giants;

anecdote about one of them.

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