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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
Love Is Blind star Zack Goytowski has revealed the song he used to serenade one special cast member during his proposal wasn’t actually written by him.. The fourth season of Love Is Blind, which ...
Top o' the Morning is a 1949 American romantic comedy film directed by David Miller and starring Bing Crosby, Ann Blyth, and Barry Fitzgerald. [2] Written by Edmund Beloin and Richard L. Breen, the film is about a singing insurance investigator who comes to Ireland to recover the stolen Blarney Stone—and romance the local policeman's daughter.
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.