The boat stopped in at Ashwood Castle giving us a chance to get a good look at it. The castle was the country estate of the Guinness family and is now a posh hotel that is very popular with film stars.
My parents have been staying in Cong for a week, during which we took the chance to go out on Lough Corrib. This is a huge lake (44,000 acres) very close to us which dominates the whole area. Although it is a freshwater lake it often seems like we are close to the coast, as the lake has its own beaches, irelands and (lots of) fishermen. Its surrounded on the far side by the mountains of Joyce's Country and Connemara. There is also lots of interesting archeaology, such as a 5th century church and the legible Christian gravestone of St Patricks nephew. Most recently a number of log boats have been found on the bottom, some viking and one even older - 4,500 years old. The boat stopped in at Ashwood Castle giving us a chance to get a good look at it. The castle was the country estate of the Guinness family and is now a posh hotel that is very popular with film stars. All the pubs and restaurants around here have great fish, salmon in particular is practically a staple of the area. We have been regularly receiving gifts of fruit, eggs etc from our neighbours, but this trout was our most recent gift - freshly caught that day. I did fillet it, sort of, but definately need more practise!
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