Blarney Castle Hotel

... I had potato & broccoli soup followed by Irish stew (corny I know but we had to do it).  Then we went to Blarney Castle Hotel for a Bailey on ice. Now we are back in our room, with the intention to read before heading to sleep, but poor Libbee ...

Monday we began the day's excitement by driving down to Blarney from the hotel in Limerick. The castle grounds were extensive and beautiful, and on top of the castle, a man held Shelby over a giant hole so she could kiss the famed Blarney stone, which was ...

... waters at all!  Although most of our tour members took advantage of the Blarney Woolen Mills shopping mecca, I zipped over to the Blarney Castle and walked up the 100 winding and slippery (aka 'slippy' here in Ireland and on PEI) steps to the top of ...

... ; This was the first place we stayed from which we could walk into town and we took advantage of not having to find parking etc. Blarney castle was visible from the front porch of the B&B but it really was not an easy walk so we drove.  As you ...

... Castle and we were hoping the rain would stop- and that it did!  The weather was clear by the time we got to Blarney Castle. There was a cute little town right outside the castle.  We first went to the castle to "kiss the blarney stone".  ...

After checking out from our Cork hotel we had breakfast at McDonalds and then drove on to Blarney to visit Blarney Castle. We arrived at 9.30am managing to beat the tour bus crowds. Climbed to the top of the tower (lots of steps !) and took in the views ...

... see as much as you can, and then you can decide where you want to see more if you ever come back. Also, I totally forgot that Blarney Castle had a dungeon. We didn't go around the whole castle. :( But, upon searching for videos of it, I see it was merely ...

... out to town to hit the pavement again and Maggie and her kids and two Italian exchange students hopped in the car to go to Blarney castle and kiss the stone, noone got a picture of it because even though my camera is so simple noone could figure it out ...

... swollen and bruised (de ja vu!).  After a nice breakfast at the Woolen Mills, complete with soda bread, we headed to Blarney Castle.  The scenery was spectacular and green in the grounds of the castle and getting there early meant we were able ...

... . Of all the things to forget, I'd forgotten to pack my great rain jacket (very sad!) so I had to buy a very attractive white Blarney Castle rain poncho. Then it was off to kiss the Blarney Stone at the top of the castle. Patrick was very excited and was ...

Headed off to Waterford-lots and lots of driving!! Stopped off at Blarney Castle-so just had to climb the tower (if you remember back I have an aim to climb as many towers as possible lol). Anyway so I climbed the tower-and kissed the Blarney Stone!!!!! ...

... Town and the parade starts at one and finishes at the other. They are about 4 shops apart. Then we arrived at the imfamous Blarney Castle. We had 2and a half hours to spend there, and have lunch. Stewart told us to allow about an hour for climbing up to ...

We left Kinsale for a day of touring south west Ireland by car.  We toured Cork, the  Blarney Castle  - where Kayla and Jack kissed the Blarney Stone.  Jack accidentally left a piece of his nose on the Blarney Stone.  We then ...

... to chat and dance with Phillip! While the 4 guys went off to their day of golf, the rest of us jumped in a car to Blarney Castle and Cork. After a few wrong turns, we finally worked out the correct road out of Killarney and arrived at Blarney Castle 1.5 ...

... to do something I have been wanting to do ever since I was little—kiss the infamous Blarney Stone at the top of Blarney Castle! After qw climbed up about a 100 very narrow spiral stairs and toured the various rooms of the castle, we were finally at ...

... music during the night. Weather has been around 20 degrees for the last few days and overcast. The first stop for the day was Blarney Castle, home of the Blarney stone, which apparently when you kiss it you are given the gift of eloquence. The castle is ...

... ", "layer upon layer" and of course, “fook”.   Before arriving at Cork we made a detour to the famous Blarney Castle for that time honored tradition that (apparently) the Discovery Channel has listed as one of the 100 things you must do ...

... of chicken, gravy and potatoes (both mashed and boiled, yuck. Too much potato for one day!). After lunch, we drove to the Blarney Castle, and I actually did it! Me, with the insane fear of heights, I actually leaned backwards and kissed the Blarney Stone! ...

... ; Not enough time to tour Jamieson but we did see a 5000 euro bottle of Irish Whiskey!  The alarm foiled my plans.  Blarney Castle was fun.  I was willing to share my germs with all the thousands of other visitors if it would bestow upon my ...

... numbers and in many cases, no street signs.  Makes it a real challenge to find where you're going.  We go to the Blarney Woolen mills and Neil bags a bargain, a new wet weather jacket.  We head to Muskerry Arms hotel for a beer and a ...