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Pigeon Hole Cave – Cong Abbey loop from Clonbur

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Pigeon Hole Cave – Cong Abbey loop from Clonbur

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Pigeon Hole Cave – Cong Abbey loop from Clonbur

02:12

27.0km

150m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 8, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 13.7 km for 243 m

After 14.1 km for 112 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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3.13 km

Rosshill Cemetery and Teampall Brendain Ruins

Highlight • Historical Site

Rosshill cemetery surrounds the ruins of Teampall Brendain. Now shrouded in green and partly reclaimed by nature. Take a look at the western doorway and closeby you will find The Ogham Stone.

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4.35 km

View of Lough Mask from Clonbur Woods

Highlight • Viewpoint

This area of Clonbur Woods is full of hardpacked trails and makes for a great family walk through the trees and with plenty of views of Lough Mask. The area was called the Ashford Estate up to 1939 and was previously owned by the Guinness family.

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11.4 km

Cregdotia (Toberbiroge) Wedge Tomb

Highlight • Historical Site

Not easy to reach - located about 120 meters south of the street from Cong to Clonbur.

- irishmegaliths.org.uk/mayo.htm
- themodernantiquarian.com/site/13138/cregdotia.html

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11.8 km

Pigeon Hole Cave

Highlight • Cave

The cave is in the forest on a small hill. There are stairs down that we couldn't climb as a rappelling course was going on. It's definitely worth looking down.

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13.2 km

Cong Woods

Forest

13.9 km

Cong Abbey

Highlight • Historical Site

Cong Abbey is a beautiful, ancient 13th-century ruined monastery. Here you feel transported back a few centuries and can imagine how the monks lived in the Middle Ages. Benjamin Guinness was probably the last person to restore the complex in the mid-19th century – since then nature (and tourists) have been reclaiming it.

Entry is free. Parking is available directly at the Abbey.

megalithicireland.com/Cong%20Abbey,%20Mayo.html

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14.2 km

Monks' Fishing House on the River Cong

Highlight • Historical Site

The house on the Cong River was once used by the monks for fishing. There is a hole in the bottom through which the net was lowered and where it got stuck. When enough fish were caught in the net, a bell tied to the net with a string rang and the cook came down from the monastery to the river to collect the fish. Pretty imaginative!

Incidentally, the small bridge behind the abbey also gives free access to the grounds of Ashford Castle.

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27.0 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

20.4 km

5.52 km

805 m

232 m

Surfaces

14.9 km

5.66 km

4.67 km

894 m

847 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 8 July

20°C

14°C

16 %

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Max wind speed: 15.0 km/h

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Comments

October 12, 2024,Cong - Clonbur

Sadly the route is incomplete due to flat battery ;( Will be back stronger.

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Pigeon Hole Cave – Cong Abbey loop from Clonbur

Rosshill Cemetery and Teampall Brendain Ruins

View of Lough Mask from Clonbur Woods

Cregdotia (Toberbiroge) Wedge Tomb

Pigeon Hole Cave

Cong Abbey

Monks' Fishing House on the River Cong

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