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Blarney Castle

Built in 1446. It is a tower house, a type of fortification built by Gaelic lords and the Anglo-Irish between the 15th and 17th centuries. It was an unusually large tower house and comprises of two towers, the second added in the 1500s. Built by Cormac MacCarthy, it was the stronghold for the family in the area of Muskerry.

3 Muskerry Tram Station (Erin Gift Store)

Train station for Blarney which brought touris from Cork City to Blarney. The line was opene. on the 8th of August 1887 and closed on the 29th of December 1934.

House of the Rector of Blarney Rev. Stopford

Famously raided by Catholic Rebels which esulted in their leader John Buckley being anged in the square.
Blarney castle
Built nearly six hundred years ago by one of Ireland's greatest chieftans, Cormac MacCarthy, and has been attracting attention ever since. Over the last few hundred years, millions have flocked to Blarney making it a world landmark and one of Ireland's greatest treasures.

Now that might have something to do with the Blarney Stone, the legendary Stone of Eloquence, found at the top of our tower. Kiss it and you'll never again be lost for words.

Handball Alley

ne sport of Handball was in existence sinc 5th century but began to decline in the ec th century.

Old School House
Famously raided by Catholic Rebels which resulted in their leader John Buckley being hanged in the square.

5 Handball Alley

The sport of Handball was in existence since the 16th century but began to decline in the early 20th century.

6 Old School House

Opened in 1838/39 and was the first national

school in the village.

7 Colthurst School

The original building now encompasses the new primary school. Built on a site which was given to the village by Sir George Colthurst.

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Church of Ireland

Church of the Resurrection

Prominent position in the village with the intention to overlook the square. Classical style and was moved to this location in 1776.

Church of the Immaculate Conception

19th century Roman Catholic Church built on and donated by John Corkeran. Similarly built an elevated ground with good vantage point ver the square.
Blarney Village - is one of the finest examples in Ireland of th creation of a model estate village. With the defeat of the Iris at the Battle of the Boyne, 1690, the estates of the native ch confiscated by the State and put up for auction. In 1702 the property was advertised for sale as follows: "Blarney with th Castle, Mills, Customs, and all lands and the park thereto bel ontaining 1401 acres”.

had three owners within a short space of time, first the Hollow Sword Blades C ondon, then Sir Richard Payne, but by 1703 it had been bought by Sir James Je Cork, in whose family and descendants through intermarriage it has remaine s his grandson, James St John Jefferyes, who distinguished himself and enri barking on a remarkable enterprise that brought commercial development

m 1765 onwards, his plans developed with foresight and energy, and Blarn Outcrop of Blarney Castle. It was the age of eloquence in Europe, and the fa at state owners were laying out model settlements adjacent to their castle

es St John Jefferyes took advantage of the natural amenity of fast flowin

water-mills to entice industry into th

landlord built thirteen mills, and

in the categories of linen, blea flour, dyewood and iron

Following the principle


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