Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-14


One hardly realizes he is in Ireland
whiir among these handsomely nttired
people who, seeking their suburban
homes. thr0ng the cars Of the little
railway leading from Cork along the
sweet shores of murmuring stream;
aud for the short four miles TO Barney,
one almost feels he is again within the
atmosphere of the clenr-eyed, active.
breezy and prosperous folk one always
finds in American aud London suburban
railway travel. At the end of this lit
he railway. ana at the head of the val
ley through which 1t and the stream
have run, In tiny, pockcty vale whose
surface Is almost level on either SIDE 10
the edges of noble wooden bluffs, Is
the trihing hamlet of Barney; and,
not a stones throw from the station,
the gray old walls of its world-famous
castle rise high above the rich foliage OF
the sycamore groves, and the musical
Barney rivulet below. Altogether u Is
one of the sweetest and most restiul
spots You ever beheld
Barney, Is the original Irish form OF
Blarna, means little field from blar,
d field, this name having been given the
place from its location almost In the
center of the tiny wakefield, which was,
no donbt d source of rich harvests even
under the rude forms OF cultivation ~
vogue IN most ancient times AS heafy
can Dt Ntltiihluthf Nh' NV
signiticaiion of the sword--palaVerins
rhodomontade, glib, specious pleading
or wheedlng uloquenec-originate IN
ard Clacarty's promising, when the
prisoner Of Sir George carew, to sur
render his strong castle of Blarney, thls
very pile. 'to the soldiers of the queen,
and nS often inyenting some smooth
"nJ nnntablc excuse for generating
himself from his PROMISE hut me
Mace. no doubt. became world-iainVus
ibroiigh the celebrity of the verses ne
,,intjng with the four lines above quoted
attributed In ballad literature BON 70
Father Prout and Richard Alfred MINI
Zen. tle latter q former Cork aiiope'ae
T'he castle itself was built in the NJ
,ss,,th rentnry by Cormac Mac Cnrihy'
On, s,rong" and the old coign-sfone.
no kissiug Of which conveys the marc
nn,vc,, az pblnrney.' nccOrding 10 p"phiu0
legend. nj least, is stiil intact u i
said that at one time IL bore tne M
scription, NCorniac MCCARTHY ior.,s .n1
ma hrid, IN place by two iron girlrrs
HI ,,,nnn huge merlons of its northern
nroiacti.. nnrapet. nearly an hundred
", fro,r the ground. The ancient cas-
related Dno now consists only q IoilS
onndrnngular keep. with Q hilli1rl lil,''d
tower. through which access y sa,n .i
Nv winding stone stairs 10 the batl,'-
,,'sorfnJ n5rauet above. beneath the
t n,va. and teep are number Of wouder-
mi dungeon-eells, the most truly lmpfrssr
sive Of these I have. fonnl v my o.
thc castle,ruins Of lreiandi whiie elEr
OF remarkable formation hul ky NM
ftou the castle. permitted q suu'e'i"H
am egrcss in ancient times.
Once having gained the lofty parapeL
YOU are among massive ives, Whlls ni'l ni,,
shrubs and Young trees have snot w
towards the sky from this ftranse ,i,.,e.
Moses and grasses havd almost ccomp'eu
iy thnfched the old ruin, and II you
Mn wait until the chattcrine tourists hahn
gnnc AID the scoldng DAVIS win shT
reutle evening have come, You can, ~ =
| ali IN the erewsome and shadoMA pis;,.a
s.irirrs, and. NJ The risk Of breaking, your
neg. crane your head far out and down.
ward. to give the sturdy oia t ~
| stone q loud. Resembling snlaeki H. .,.,
Then erope your way through the eehou w,
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