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Okay, now that we're back, I've got some time to put a few words down here.  Picking up where the last post left off, after our second day in Cork city, we hopped on a bus back up to Galway to meet back up with Sandy.  She picked us up, and we drove out to Ashford Castle, which is right on the border of County Galway and County Mayo.  It's been restored into a five-star hotel, and we were able to take a nice long stroll around the grounds, which includes a FALCONRY SCHOOL.  After checking out Ashford Castle, we went to the nearby village of Cong, stopped into a nice little restaurant (Pat Cohan's) for dinner, and then got to see Cong Abbey, which was originally built in the 7th century.  There's a neat history here.  After Ashford Castle and Cong Abbey, we went back to Mount Bellew for the night.