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Reported built over 600
hundred years ago by Cormac MacCarthy, a legendary Irish nobleman.
So far, millions of people have made pilgrimage to Blarney Castle
and eventually made Blarney one of the world’s top historical
landmark and of course, one of many Irish wealthy tourism hot spot.
It is situated in Blarney Village, a few kilometers from the city of
Cork, south of Ireland.
There is something darn
right peculiar there that amazingly has made millions in indirect
takings from tourists in and out of Ireland. Tourists flocked the
Blarney Castle to see for themselves the over rated stone of Blarney
or the legendary Stone of Eloquence. Believe it or not, there is a
belief here that kissing this so called legendary Stone of Eloquence
would give kissers and pucker ups the gift of eloquence! Power of
persuasion? Kissing the stone is free but you do have to pay to gain
entry into Blarney Castle.
If you ask any of the local
Irish, none of them are really quite sure about the history of this
kissing practice. Heck, they are not sure of the history of the
Blarney Stone themselves! There have been a few versions though. The
most famous is that it is once used as a pillow by Jacob and brought
to Ireland by Jeremiah. The other version linked the stone with
Moses. This version claims that it is the stone that gushed water
after being struck by Moses. Oh whatever..
If you are planning of
visiting Castle Blarney strictly for the purpose of testing your
French kissing skills with the Blarney Stone, our good advice is to
just forget it. On weekends, the queues of aspiring kissers are just
unbelievable and you would only be wasting your time there. Besides,
do you really want to climb 108 steps up the Blarney Castle simply
for the sake of kissing one slab of stone? Exactly. There are better
things to see and you can do over in Blarney Castle. Just beneath
the tower house, you can see for yourself a true historical dungeon.
Outside the walls of the Blarney Castle are picturesque view of the
whole Blarney Castle vast estate and there are a few magnificent
flower gardens where you can have a quite picnic away from the
crowd. Plan and spend your time wisely and you should be able to see
and enjoy everything about Blarney Castle within a day. Get a local
Irish guide to help you in your visit and do not simply follow the
crowd!
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