About to kiss the Blarney STone

Ireland - another pub crawl - just for a change

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August 9th 2010
Waking up early the next morning and after a delightful home made breakfast - we made our way to Blarney Castle - eery place that is - but in beautiful grounds - had to walk up a very narrow, low ceilings, narrow, concrete, winding staircase - say 4 floors up, to wait in a queue to kiss the Blarney Stone. Now I don't know if you know this BUT to kiss the blarney stone you have to lay down on your ... read more

Europe » Ireland

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Celtic tribes arrived on the island between 600-150 B.C. Invasions by Norsemen that began in the late 8th century were finally ended when King Brian BORU defeated the Danes in 1014. English invasions began in the 12th century and set off more than se... ... read more