NEW BLARNEY CASTLE, CO. CORK.- The residence of Sir George Colthurst, situated intheold demense which includes the famous ruins,is generally called New Blarney Castle. Although destitute of great age and romantic tradition, it is a splendid, lordly mansion, surrounded by luxuriant woods and convenient to the sparkling lake, out of whose waters, at stated periods, according to the traditions of the poetical and imaginative peasantry, a herd of enchanted white cows emerges tograze upon the verdant banks.


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