Michael Stephen Wills Cong Pictures, Images and Stock Photos

Lough Corrib is the largest lake of the Republic of Ireland, has over 1,000 islands and notable Iron and Bronze Age arcological sites. The waters lies in both Galway and Mayo Counties, Ireland.

A 13th Century ruin on the Cong River. The elegant arched entrance to the Monk's Fishing House, part of Cong Abbey, County Mayo, Ireland

Cong Abbey is noted for Early Gothic architecture and masonry. Here is an example of a graceful arch and lancet window in a remnant wall bathed in morning light.

Cong Abbey is noted for Early Gothic architecture and masonry. Here is an entrance of a remnant wall notable for the carved geometric decoration of nested semicircular arches illuminated from behind by morning light.

A 13th Century ruin on the Cong River, the Monk's Fishing House, part of Cong Abbey, set in a lush landscape with, in the distance, a weir across the river. County Mayo, Ireland.

Colorful railings highlight the county border, the centerline of River Cong. To the left are the salmon Fishery grounds. County Galway/Mayo

A 13th Century ruin on the Cong River, the Monk's Fishing House, part of Cong Abbey, set in a lush landscape with, in the distance, a weir across the river. County Mayo, Ireland.

A 13th Century ruin on the Cong River. The Mon's Fishing House, part of Cong Abbey, County Mayo, Ireland

Lough Corrib is the largest lake of the Republic of Ireland, has over 1,000 islands and notable Iron and Bronze Age arcological sites. The waters lies in both Galway and Mayo Counties, Ireland.

A solitary swan glides across pristine River Cong waters flowing past the doors of Ashford Castle, County Mayo, Ireland.

This low weir on the Cong River is a third of a mile upstream from the Ashford Castle bridge a tenth of a mile from the Salmon Hatchery. Late March the successful hatchlings return, up the Cong River from Lough Corrib jumping over this weir across the river.

A fragmentary cloister were the Augustinian monks of Cong Abbey worked and prayed. Early Gothic architecture and masonry from the 13th century.

A fragmentary cloister were the Augustinian monks of Cong Abbey worked and prayed. Early Gothic architecture and masonry from the 13th century.

Vines can take over a tree, growing rapidly up the trunk and into the canopy. The tree will die of suffocation.

Vines can take over a tree, growing rapidly up the trunk and into the canopy. A tree overtaken in this way can be deprived of sunlight and die.

A forest path along the Cong River connects the village of Cong with Ashford Castle.

This footbridge passes over River Cong from the historical abbey ruins to the grounds of Ashford Castle. The river centerline is the border of Galway and Mayo counties. Cong Village, County Mayo, Ireland

This footpath follows the River Cong from the grounds of Ashford Castle to Cong Village. The border of Mayo and Galway Counties is the river midline. County Galway, Irelan d.