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| BLARNEY CASTLE, COUNTY CORK.- This castle, if neither the finest nor the most ancient, is, nevertheless, the most celebrated of ruined Irish fortresses, because of the alleged miraculously persuasive qualities of its world-renowned "stone," which "whoever kisses, never misses to grow eloquent." About all that now remains of the once extensive castle, which was built by Cormac McCarth, Lord of Muskerry, in the middle of the fifteenth century, is the "donjon keep," which rises to an altitude of one hundred and twenty feet, is one of square configuration and has walls of great thickness. |
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