Blarney Castle. The castle (the keep is all that remains) sits on 60 acres encompassing a variety of diverse (even dangerous!) gardens, mystical rock formations, and serene natural areas.
Visitors wind their way up the keep’s several stories to reach the Blarney Stone. The narrow, uneven passageway was slow-going and crowded, claustrophobic with only an occasional small portal window (giving a dizzying sense of height). Many people didn’t make it to the top, and had to squeeze their way back down the same way they came.
Once upon a time, visitors were held by
the ankles and lowered head first over the battlements. Today, safety holds
sway. The stone itself is set in the wall below the battlements, so planting a
kiss on the stone means stretching far back and way down.
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