A short hop from Cork, Blarney Castle offers a captivating journey into medieval Ireland where mystical stones, bewitching gardens and ancient Celtic ruins await. Just five miles from Cork, Blarney ...

Blarney Castle's Poison Gardens are located behind the castle battlements. Though at a glance they may seem like any other botanical garden, warning signs with skull and crossbones and cages ...

While Blarney Castle is not the biggest castle in Ireland, nor the oldest — that honor goes to Kilbrittain Castle, about an hour south, dating back to 1035 — it easily ranks as its most ...

But, O’Sullivan adds, “Blarney’s not just a stone; it’s a whole complex.” The castle itself, built in 1446 by Dermot McCarthy, the king of Munster, is glorious, half-ruined and open to ...

In the summer months an ideal port of call where beautiful leisurely walks along and exquisite grounds can be explored at Blarney Castle and gardens. Thursday, 4 July 2024 ePaper ...

LEGEND has long had it that kissing the Blarney Stone on the Blarney Castle ramparts bestows the gift of the gab – but now it appears that the magic might have come from somewhere closer to the ...

The Blarney Castle & Gardens team will now use a cleanser, which is World Health Organization approved and kills 99.9% of germs that may be on the stone.

Blarney Castle Gardens is attaching Near Field Communication (NFC) tags to its 2,000-plus collection of trees to help gardeners easily access historical data about specific trees, as well as update ...

The jellyfish garden can be accessed via the Queen Anne Tower at the foot of Blarney Castle. Picture: Larry Cummins. Dr Tom Doyle, a marine biologist and lecturer in zoology at University College ...