Mission Accomplished: Kissed the Blarney Stone.

Ready to climb Blarney Castle to kiss the Stone.

Discovery Channel lists “Kissing the Blarney Stone” as one of its 99 things to do before you die.  Well, mission accomplished!

The Blarney Castle was built north of Cork, Ireland in the 1400s by the MacCarthy clan.  Legend has it that Cormac McCarthy, no not the author, sent 4,000 soldiers to Robert the Bruce that aided his Scottish forces defeat the English at the Battle of Bannockburn.  In appreciation, Robert the Bruce gave McCarthy half of the magical Stone of Scone, now better known as the Blarney Stone.

The Blarney Stone has been inset into the castle wall.  And not just anywhere, but at the top of the castle.  So you have to climb this tight, winding staircase for what seems like forever, then file your way around the top level, until you address the stone.

Kissed the Blarney Stone! Mark it off the bucket list!

To kiss the Blarney Stone you must lay on your back, grab the support poles, tilt your head back and essentially kiss the stone upside down.  There are staff present to help you with your journey, and so you don’t fall to your death.

In the end, kiss the Blarney Stone and the gift of eloquence is yours, or in this case, mine.  Mark it off the bucket list.

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