Even if you're not going to Ireland, you can still kiss the Blarney Stone this St. Patrick's Day: on a Blarney Stone cupcake, of course. Technically you're supposed to kiss the stone while hanging ...

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 ...

Tickets to enter the castle were included in the tour cost, but our guide warned us that, to reach the Blarney stone, one had to ascend a winding 100-step staircase.

The millions who have made the pilgrimage to Blarney Castle in southern Ireland to kiss its "stone of eloquence" have put their lips on the wrong stone, according to a new book on the medieval ...