Blarney Stone, Cork

Kissing the Blarney stone is a ONCE in a lifetime adventure..Beautiful access to the castle and seeing the awesome view from the top. Gardens are beautiful and in full summer bloom. Loads to see and little adventure s for the kids. Cafe inside grounds. Definitely a must visit all year round. We'll done to all involved to make this gem so clean and tidy.

At €18 per adult this seemed quite pricey, however we wanted to visit the Blarney Stone and so we went. We got there for opening and were first up the tower to the stone so no queuing for us! You can buy official photos of you kissing the Blarney stone but at €10 for one and €18 for two we just took our own pictures, though of course they aren't as good as the official ones! After we had a wander round the castle and gardens. Honestly the gardens are amazing, there's various different walks, caves, stones, waterfalls, stone circles, lake, rivers, all sorts. We clocked over five miles in a few hours and could have walked further had we not been continuing travelling round Ireland in the afternoon. There's no dogs in the place so only two of us came. The other two adults went elsewhere where they could take the dog. There's shops and cafes. We had food in the courtyard cafe and it was fab. Scones were lovely. I would definitely recommend this place. It was well worth the money we spent and of course we now have the gift of eloquence... apparently!