Blarney Castle

It was off to Blarney Castle today, where you can kiss the famous Blarney Stone, which will give you the gift of the gab.

Even in the covid-era, you can still do this, as they disinfect it after each person. We didn't bother. Besides, the wait time was nearly an hour.

Instead, we walked around the beautiful gardens.

Blarney Castle is a large tower house built in the 1500s. The walls are 18 feet thick at the base, gradually sloping inwards as they rise. This makes the building more stable but would also have helped with defence: when an object was dropped from the top, it would bounce off the wall on the way down and fly outwards into the enemy.Read more