Blarney
Blarney is a suburban town within the administrative area of Cork City in Ireland.
Blarney is a suburban town within the administrative area of Cork City in Ireland. It is located approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-west of the city centre. It is the site of Blarney Castle, home of the legendary Blarney Stone. Blarney is part of the Dáil constituency of Cork North-Central. It is surrounded by the suburban villages of Tower, Cloghroe and Kerry Pike, all on the outskirts of Cork City.
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Worth seeing in and around Blarney
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Blarney Stone
The Blarney Stone is a block of Carboniferous limestone built into the battlements of Blarney Castle, Blarney, about 8 kilometres from the centre of Cork City, Ireland. According to legend, kissing the stone endows the kisser with the gift of the gab.
500 m · Carboniferous limestone in Blarney Castle, Ireland, associated with the legend that kissing it endows one with the skill of speaking eloquently · Wikipedia - 02Blarney Castle
Blarney Castle is a medieval stronghold in Blarney, a town in Cork, Ireland. Though earlier fortifications were built on the same spot, the current keep was built by the MacCarthy of Muskerry dynasty, a cadet branch of the Kings of Desmond, and dates from 1446.
600 m · castle in Ireland · Wikipedia - 03Carrigrohane Castle
Carrigrohane Castle is located in the village of Carrigrohane, barony of Barretts in County Cork, Ireland. It is situated on a rocky cliff-edge which overlooks the River Lee.
4.1 km · castle in Ireland · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Blarney Castle
There was probably a wooden fort here by the 10th century, and a stone castle was built in 1210 but destroyed.
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Things to do
Muskerry Golf Club has two 18-hole courses, the McKenzie and the Burren. It's 3 km west at Tower Model Village, which sounds more interesting than it is. There's no trace of a tower, and the "model" means the 20th-century concept of a planned suburb, there are no tiny plastic figures on platforms waiting for a Hornby Dublo train to pull in. Blarney Golf Club is a pitch & putt 2 km northeast by the caravan park.
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Where to eat
- 01Muskerry Arms
The Square, Blarney T23 XE95 (by Castle),.
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Getting to Blarney
- Airports
- Cork (ORK), 11 km · Shannon (SNN), 89 km · Ireland West Knock (NOC), 220 km
- Shannon → Blarney88 km · quickest by road, 1h 45m · €11–16
- Charlestown → Blarney226 km · quickest by road, 3h 29m · €27–37
- Dublin → Blarney221 km · quickest by road, 3h 13m · €26–36
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Blarney
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Blarney. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere are no through-buses to Ireland from Great Britain or the continent: change in London for the ferry ports.
- Get inBuses run from Rosslare ferry harbour via Wexford, Waterford, Dungarvan and Youghal to Cork, and continue to Kerry.
- Get inSummer ferries from Roscoff and Santander sail to Cork, landing at Ringaskiddy 7 km south of the city.
- Get aroundBut they also have long day trips out to far-flung spots like Mizen Head and Ring of Kerry, impractical to reach without your own car.
From Wikivoyage: County Cork, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2025-08.
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