Kissing the Blarney Stone–could not do it!!
April 27th, 2008 . by Mike Kelly
Yes, I go all the way to Ireland to Kiss the Blarney Stone at Blarney Castle in the bucolic village of “Blarney” and after walking up a tiny little, precarious staircase with a hanging rope as a guide, I could NOT get my back and neck to arch back so I could kiss the “Stone”!! See the photo above and my cousin kissing the “Stone” and holding onto the “bars” which they provide for you. The photo on the right shows the pads which you lay your back on and then arch over. A “guide” holds you as you bend over. You’re looking straight down 4 stories when you bend over!! The darker part of the stone is where everyone has puckered up and smooched the “stone”. I “air-kissed” it! The grounds though as really worth the price of admission–about $15.00. We got their late in the day and missed the house behind the castle but walked the grounds. We had to come back the next morning for souviners as the shop had closed when we left. I reccomend it highly. It’s just 20 minutes from Cork which is in the “Sunny” part of Ireland in the south.
