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Its Great Hall, which dates to 1475, exemplifies a traditional Gaelic feasting room and contains a rare collection of Jacobite portraits, on loan from the National Gallery of Ireland. Ross Castle ...
Co Cork's Blarney Castle and its famous Blarney Stone, which promises the gift of gab for a kiss, is a great place to visit for good luck this year, according to psychics.
If every myth and legend about Blarney Castle and the Blarney Stone were true, it would be the most significant rock in history. Here are the facts of this favorite Irish tourist attraction.
People in Ireland are tentatively returning to shops, hair salons and restaurants as the country emerges from its coronavirus lockdown – and some are going further still, kissing the famous ...
Millions of tourists may have been romancing the wrong stone on a castle battlement in southern Ireland in an effort to get the "gift of the gab", according to a new study.
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 ...
People in Ireland are tentatively returning to shops, hair salons and restaurants as the country emerges from its coronavirus lockdown – and some are going further still, kissing the famous ...
On Monday, Blarney Castle owner Charles Colthurst was the first person to kiss the famous block of limestone, marking the occasion by wearing the jersey of Liverpool Football Club, which last week ...