Blarney Castle
Village Green Blarney, County Cork, Ireland
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Kissing the Blarney Stone
Took a taxi up to Blarney Castle today. It started off a bit drizzly and very windy but the clouds were trying to burn off a bit. The castle is up on a hillside so you can see down into the town of Cork. Lots of green in the country side as well. There isn't a lot of the castle that's really intact but the most important part is still there... the …
The gift of gab
We left Tralee in the morning to set out for Cork. On the way we stopped by Muckross House in Killarney National Park, which is a beautiful old Victorian mansion. The house was amazing and the gardens were full of colourful rhododendrons. Our next stop was Blarney Castle, which was a lot of fun. We all kissed the Blarney Stone, meaning we had to …
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Kissing the Blarney Stone
... really high up and there were 2 bars below you that definatly wouldnt do much to break a fall. I was kind of scared and didnt trust these men....so I made Tyler go first. He lived, so I thought I would try too. It was really fun, and the two men held onto you tightly.....Im not sure how they would hold my dad if he was here though.
After we finished inside the castle we ...
Ring of Kerry Tour and SUN!!
... huts through the telescope they had at the rest stop.
We decided that we were going to drive to Blarney so that we could kiss the Blarney stone in the morning. Just before we got to Blarney we stopped in a pub for a couple of beers once again and mom and dad started up a conversation with one of the locals whose Irish accent was of course worsened by the beer he had been in there ...
Everyone else has OUR germs!! :)
... down (upside down), to where you may kiss the stone. There are many legends as to the origin of the stone, but some say that it was the Lia Fáil—a magical stone upon which Irish kings were crowned. In the photo of the castle, from the ground looking up, you can see a tiny light in the center of the wall high up, near the top.That would be where we hung to kiss the stone. After the smooching fest, we then hung around up there since there was ...



