Blarney Travel Blogs

On Ground again, started walking to the Rock Close to marvel again on the unrivalled beauty of  Mother Nature.   I did not get disappointed, the light rain shower, made the whole forest more vibrant green. I spotted the megalithic structure, dolmen first, a little bit further  I …

My first time in Ireland I was with a tour group, mostly Americans, and we had this beautiful blonde as our guide. One American guy was very obnoxious toward her, kept flirting with her even though everyone could tell she wasn't interested. You know, one of those guys who never gets the hint. When…

I have always wanted to go to Ireland ever since I was little and I finally made it! It was a great trip however halfway through the trip I landed a nasty cold which made it more difficult to site see. Regardless it was a fun trip.

Today was our last day of the tour.  Fortunately, we still had a lot of neat things to do!  We reached Cork early in the morning and made a quick jaunt over to Blarney.  It is there, as I am sure you all know, that Blarney Castle sits, surrounded by mystery and intrigue.  The my…

Blarney was green.  And small.  And centered around its castle.  The Blarney Castle.  Oh, it was historic...for what reason...I still don't know.  And pretty....and smelly...and kissable.  The castle was completely set up for the kissing of the stone at the top.  …

Next was the Blarney castle, which we didn’t even bother to see.  It would have meant over a hundred steps up to the Blarney stone, which my husband couldn’t have done with his knee and no way could I bend my back to kiss the stone, so we stayed at the bus.  Three hours to wait. …

Tuesday morning, with my pack safely checked at the bus terminal, I walked about the town, but nothing much caught my interest in Cork City.  If for lack of any other significant sites in the area, I took one picture of a modest Christian church and caught the 10am coach out of town.…

Tina and I Went to Ireland, Wales, England, Switzerland, France and Italy in June 2007. It was just as much fun planning the trip as it was being there, If anyone needs tips just let us know we did tons of research especially on rail travel in England and Europe, We are hoping to go again someday but you know how that goes!!! maybe we will win the lottery

Belgium, Ireland, Germany and Luxembourg in July 2000.

Another day trip down south of the country.  Here to Blarney Castle home of the Blarney Stone.  The castle is on some nice grounds that have a trail you can follow to see a bunch of stones and trees.  The castle itself has narrow stairways, not much to the castle other than the stone…

I spent 2 weeks in Ireland, one week with my friends and the second week on the Shamrocker Tour On that tour I met Vikram, it was great fun travelling with him and the others!! I don't know what happened here - why all my pictures got lost!!! I have to upload them again and get the locations set right!! The pictures are mixed up a little now ... I am working on it! ;-) I have not forgotten about this blog!

My travels last fall through England, Italia, France, Ireland and Greece

In typical tourist fashion, we stopped in Blarney to kiss the Blarney Stone.  Yes, it's a bit cheesy, but I rather enjoyed the experience.  See my review for more info.The Fairy Glen and the Wishing Steps are in the wooded area surrounding the castle.  I can't remember the legend pre…

my trip of Summer 2007 in England, Ireland and Scotland.

In 1993, my mum brought back a magnet of the Blarney saying "I kissed the Blarney" and I was wondering what that was. My mum explained the 'legend' to me and I think I was at that age where I merrily lapped it up. As the years went by, I used to look at that magnet thinking "cheap gimmick" and push…