Category Archives: Anecdotes

Posted by Elaine Skrodenis from Scottville, MI on 19/12/07 Please don’t let my last name fool you. My great-grandfather was a Cassidy and from Ireland. My greatest dream is to visit Ireland some day. On St. Patrick’s day, I usually … Continue reading →

Posted by Timothy Morgan from Orange County, California on 15/11/06 While on a bus tour thru southern Ireland, I learned from someone who had been this way before, that there was a beautiful manicured lawn with the most perfect tower … Continue reading →

Posted by Thom Singer from Austin, Texas on 28/7/07 As a professional business speaker of Irish decent I could not pass up the chance to kiss the Blarney Stone while on a vacation in Ireland. Many people said that this … Continue reading →

Posted by Ashley Tate from Tarkio, Missouri on 9/1/08 I am 15 and I’m a sophomore in High School… well this summer a teacher and me and a few other students went on a European trip… we went to the … Continue reading →

Posted by madison from marion ohio on 23/1/08 Hi, I am from Ohio and wanted to tell you that me and my di (di is a competition where you come up with plays and skits and present them to appriasers … Continue reading →

Posted by Colette Bert from Washington State on 17/3/08 We can’t wait to come back and kiss the stone again in 2009….we were in Ireland when my son was a little boy. When he got to the top and the … Continue reading →

Posted by Berniece Banks from Washington State on 26/3/08 My sister and myself both went to Blarney Castle and had the opportunity to ascend the steps and to kiss the stone. It was a little intimidating for us, not because … Continue reading →

Posted by Ward family from Staffs, England on 29/3/08 When I leaned over to kiss the stone I suddenly realised I wasn’t alone, For all the voices in my head All proclaimed at once and said, The gift of Blarney … Continue reading →

Posted by Erin Chronister from Fort Smith, Arkansas on 30/6/08 I have always dreamed of going to Ireland just to kiss the Blarney Stone, and once I did that i’d consider myself a happy person and content to go home. … Continue reading →

Posted by Eileen Walker from Columbia, Maryland USA on 26/9/08 I visited Ireland in May 2008 with my husband, son, daughter-in-law and not quite 2 year old grandson. We stopped at Blarney on our way from Dublin to Cork City … Continue reading →