The Gaelic name for Cong means a narrow strip of land and is situated on a narrow isthmus of cavernous limestone between Lough Mask and Lough Corrib. The relics of an Augustinian monastery built by the High King of Ireland in 1120, and the market cross in the village are reminders of a majestic past. However, in more recent times the village was propelled into stardom as the location for the shooting of ‘The Quiet Man’, and there are reminders everywhere.