Two Castles: One we Stay in - the Other We Kiss!

Well, we loved the Rock of Cashel (Castle) so much that we decided to stay the night in one! We headed for Carrigeen Castle in a town called Cashir. We had a lovely host, Peg who showed us to our rooms Down the Hall from the Dungen and made a wonderful traditional Irish Breakfast the following morning.

From there we headed out to Cobh (Queenstowne) where the Irish set off for better land when the Potato Famine hit. This port was also the last stop for the Titanic before it met it's fateful end. We then took a quick walk through Cork and saw some interesting sights and then headed to the Blarney Castle to kiss the Blarney Stone. The Blarney Castle was absolutely beautiful (they get better every time). We toured the whole castle with lots of skinny sprial staircases. At the top of the castle, we finally made it to the Blarney Stone. We are very curious who came up with this whole "Kiss the Blarney Stone" gimmick! What an interesting thing to do! But you have to do it if you are coming all the way to Ireland, right? Well we did! You have to hang upside down and kiss it. Some cute little old Irish man holds while you make a spectacle of yourself! It was fun though.