Welcome to Blarney and Blarney Castle

We spent a morning visiting Blarney Castle and the associated grounds.   They have taken a myth of kissing the Blarney stone and turned it into a gold mine.   The grounds are really beautiful and the castle truly was in ruins, but that it was interesting to see and climb.   It was a good morning.

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  • Population of Blarney is 2,539
  • Home to Blarney Castle
  • Also home to number of woolen Mills
  • Blarney castle was first a wood structure.
  • Rebuilt with stone in 1210
  • Destroyed and rebuilt in 1446
  • Is privately owned as major tourist attraction
  • Blarney stone official name is stone of eloquence

The Castle and the Blarney Stone

Grounds of Blarney Castle