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Irish Narrow Gauge - Blarney

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Blarney - C&MR

• osi: W610756, map DM080
• Blarney - in Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of 1842
• map: [CMLRJ: m-5-p53- ]
• photos: [INGV1: b-7-p40- b-5-p40-1929.09.15 ]
  [CMLRJ: b-6-tp-1934.07.09 ]
• platform: [CMLRJ: b-6-p52- ]
• station: [CMLRJ: b-6-p5-1934.07.09 b-6-p51-?1890 ]
  [RRIMB: b-5-p19-1934.07 ]
• station building: [CMLRJ: b-6-p52- b-6-p52-1966 ]
• turntable: [CMLRJ: b-6-p67-1929.09.15 ]
• Cassell's 1899:

  Blarney, village on the Blarney and the Comane, parish of Garrycloyne (q.v.), Mid county Cork, Ireland, 4 miles NW of Cork. The river is here spanned by a bridge and the surrounding scenery is lovely in the extreme. The parish church is a plain building, besides which there are schools. Two annual fairs are held. Linen and cotton manufactures, one important industries, are now extinct, but a large woollen mill gives employment to many of the inhabitants. The old castle, standing on a limestone rock, was built on the site of an older stronghold by Cormac McCarthy in 1446. It contains the celebrated "Blarney Stone," which is said to confer marvellous powers of persuasion and cajolery on anyone who kisses it. There are some remarkable caves in the neighbourhood. Blarney Castle is a modern seat. Population: 808.