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New York Times bestseller (a rarity for a short story collection) Included in the 1998 New York Times Book Review books of the year list in 1998 [1] Winner, Irish Times International Fiction Prize. [2] Village Voice book of the year (1998) Winner, Salon Book Award; The story "People Like That Are the Only People Here" won an O. Henry Award (1998)
The Blarney Stone. The Blarney Stone (Irish: Cloch na Blarnan) is a block of Carboniferous limestone [1] built into the battlements of Blarney Castle, Blarney, about 8 kilometres (5 miles) from the centre of Cork City, Ireland. According to legend, kissing the stone endows the kisser with the gift of the gab (great eloquence or skill at ...
Blarney Castle (Irish: Caisleán na Blarnan) 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. [3] The Blarney Stone is among the machicolations of ...
The most traditional story of the famous Blarney Stone involves Clíodhna. [4] [14] Cormac Laidir MacCarthy, the builder of Blarney Castle, [15] being involved in a lawsuit, appealed to Clíodhna for her assistance. She told him to kiss the first stone he found in the morning on his way to court, and he did so, with the result that he pleaded ...
Press-Citizen columnist Richard Hakes prepares readers for the St. Patrick's Day holiday with a few Irish origin stories. Hakes: Six short ‘Irish connection’ stories from blarney-loving Iowans ...
The Cloch Labhrais, also called the Answering Stone and the Speaking Stone, [1] is a large glacial erratic boulder beside a road leading from Waterford to Dungarvan, 2 miles (3 km) from Stradbally, County Waterford in Ireland. The stone is the subject of a legend, much like the Blarney Stone. The most prominent and unique feature of the stone ...
Blarney (Irish: An Bhlarna, meaning 'the little field') [2] [3] is a suburban town within the administrative area of Cork City in Ireland. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It is located approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-west of the city centre.
Johnny is in Ireland and reads about the Blarney Stone, which he mistakes for a leprechaun named Barney Stone (Frank Gorshin), who can grant wishes. Johnny tries to track Barney down, and after much coaxing, Barney finally grants Johnny his wish, which is to be attracted by chicks.