Blarney Castle & The Stone of Eloquence
- Posted by Monica on June 6th, 2006 filed in Ireland
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“There is a stone that whoever kisses,
Oh! he never misses to grow eloquent’
Tis he may clamber to a lady’s chamber,
Or become a member of parliament.”
Francis Sylvester Mahony
The long weekend was great! We visited Blarney Castlewhich is located 8km due West of Cork City and Fred kissed The Stone of Eloquence! The Sun was shinning all the time and believe it or not I got sunburnt in spite of being brazilian !
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October 20th, 2007 at 5:05 am
[...] out. But when you arrive at the top, you sit down within a small opening in the castle wall and you bend over backwards to kiss the rock that is tucked under one of the castle eaves. If you are standing above the area, [...]