Towns & cities
Cong
village in County Galway and County Mayo, Ireland
Ireland · 53.5407, -9.2869
Cong is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Cong, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 1 more.
1 production was filmed at 1 place inside Cong rather than at Cong itself: listed below, each with the place it was shot.
“Many scenes for the film were actually shot in and around the village of Cong, County Mayo, on the grounds of Cong's Ashford Castle.”
Movies filmed in Cong
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Cong as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Cong
1 production shot at 1 place inside Cong, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Cong itself.
- Reign Ashford Castle, County Mayo 2013–2017
Named here by Cong’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Cong, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.
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The Quiet Man 1952
“Cong was the filming location for John Ford's 1952 Oscar-winning film, The Quiet Man, featuring John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara and Barry Fitzgerald.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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Castles & palaces
Ashford Castle, County Mayo
Ireland·under 1 km
fortification
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Towns & cities
Corr na Móna
Ireland·11 km west
village in Connacht, Ireland
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Towns & cities
Oughterard
Ireland·14 km south
small town in County Galway
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Landscapes & nature
Ross Lake
Ireland·20 km south
lake in County Galway, Ireland
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Castles & palaces
Castle Hackett
Ireland·22 km east
castle in Ireland
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Landscapes & nature
Cnoc Meadha
Ireland·23 km east
hill west of Tuam, County Galway, Ireland.
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Cong?
3 productions are recorded as filmed in Cong, 1 of them at places inside it, including The Quiet Man (1952) and Wild Mountain Thyme (2020). 1 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Cong?
The Quiet Man (1952), covered by 48 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Cong?
Cong is in Ireland. Its coordinates are 53.5407, -9.2869.
What other filming locations are near Cong?
Ashford Castle, County Mayo (under 1 km), Corr na Móna (11 km west), Oughterard (14 km south), Ross Lake (20 km south) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by ArséniureDeGallium, CC BY-SA 3.0.