New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-25
rHE BLARNEl STONE
uo.r the Story of Its Remarkable
Poscers On eindted.

$ =. ,,1lrse IF time mean the way Of saying
- NJ the nature OF cOaxing. compliment or
a4 3, -be manner most agreeable to the hearer
- ore that he or she has kissed the Blarney
~ & be-a TO compliment for fuency of speech
- 6eprecate the Uttersnces as savoring OF
he falsorne-
- Barney, in County Munster. Ireland near
g stand the ruins Of the famous Rlarney
~ze dating hack TO the fifteenth century, and
- -,res q Barney. which enjoy an equally wide
~.e-ior \ -ivulet flowing through them bears
.-,e name The name Blarney is from the
= .rfsfrae~ a little field the Gaelic form being
-. Or --har.- 8 plain The village is four
= northwest q Cork and has a few hundred
-l..;rsrts In the Groves OF Blarney stands the
- castle. II one tower Of which is the world
-,,s stone. the kissing Of which is reputed 10
~ one with the gift Of coaxing, wheeling
= asrrprlnz. The true stone is declared to he
. - me castle wall a few feet below the sum-
"a :. -hA tower. To reach and oscrlate Il II IS
$50 for che 10 be held over the parapet by
: heels sui many persons travelling in the
--.-s5 Isle desire report that they have kissed
: -ssr Barney stone that one in the TOP Of
= van & held 10 be sufficiently near the real
- 47- the fiction 10 be maintained that II is
= ---a stone with al the powers of the original
= sze- 10 aged and infirm persons one near
= castle entrance IS declared 10 he the original
= me --ue stone, near the top Of the tower. a
= e1sced inscription reads. -'Cormack McCar-
Es-raS ; 4 a
n re Barney stone. Father Prout the Irish
&c. declared that II was the palladium Of liberty
= Fin Re describes the stone and relates a
--,bz- q legends regarding T. one that Il was
+-,1r-- 10 TIE island by the Phoenicians who are
-s7utsd 70 have colonized the region. and that It
- i,-g bA-z IN the custody Of the Carthagenians
~ ron Il gained the reputation for insincerity
- * transmitted il the phrase 'Punc faith,
~s hat before then II belonged TO the Syrfans
:, were credited with speaking with double
.-z-,ss af-s- kissing il. According TO the story
.-s Cs-tha-eGlar aGventurers became enaTnoured
:. ne sane and appropriated II. They set sail for
zr-7--g hu- being overtaken by = storm. were
s-rs- into the ha-hor o. Cork. and left the stone
- -bs- vicinity until Il made use Of in the
-a-st-uc,ou ~ the donlon tower OF Blsrney Castle
ORIGIN OF BELIEF
* N ne origin o. the belief III regard 70 ne
s-sHrss secured bv kissing the stone. Crofton
f-oss- SAYS -ra- in l53-, when the Spaniards were
--gtnz the Irish ehet1ains To harass the English.
~ ovrer ~ the castle. Cornack McDermod
Mccarthy. who then occupied #, concluded an
s-rsica WIN cha Lord President condition OF
s---ends-zlE II ra an English garrison. But he
-- hin. n from Gay 10 day with specous state
-e--s fair promises and false pretexts until the
Ia-5 President became the laughing stock Of the
Minister'S G. queen Elizabeth. and the hOneyed and
5-1sve speeches ~ the lord OF the castle became
known as r1=-- ''-.a-uey." The word found its
ny i--s literature IL The last century. In the
.r7---s- Of Caroline FOX. which appeared in 1885.
tts-e Is tzls Use Of the word: Nine. de StaeI
YES -eg-et-tnE u Lord CastIereagh that there was
II v-1rz II me English language which answered
p me- sentiment No h. said. there IS no
E-zisr WORD hu- the Irish have one that cor
responds exs---v-l-zruey-' Samuel Lover wrote
The tlarnerrs 50 great deceiver-'' IN OF his
--zz novels President James Buchanan wrote:
The genera has ~ 70 learn that my fathers
cog-r-yurz1 z have ever felt proud Of my descent
t-r- Ir.slUzr2, though they themselves do
6s-aey others. Vet hard 10 be b!arneyed them
Esl-ss~ Washington Irving. in The Traveller,
v-o-s: 50 r. blarney'd the landlord James
R1sssI Lozs1 IN The Fable for Critics, SAYS:
cas- eas . aTo3e p E yse ss,s s1 a3 tries
Goodrich Peter Parley'D wrote: Had
5l--nsvel rs way from Long Island.
--e name O. TIA ol6rime castle and town has
E55a5 ro1-- a verb an adjective and participle
70 ire language TIE MS comprehensive defni-
-- - m noun barney is exceedingly conlpli-
ze1,arv language. hattery; smooth. wheeling
tax pleasing - -ole---" IS 10 the origin Of the
zu-1 one photographer quotes Crosse as crediting
t1s derivation ~ II from the phrase licking the
sz-ne- stone applied incredible stories told
# climbing n a stone very difficult OF access, in 4
caste - that name IL the county Of Cork Ire
Ind B-- he added that Dr. Jameson derives II
.uu t-s French -halwe-ne- a lie; frivolous
tsk~ ard GENES T. gross fatrery- urn1eaning or
=
. have o---7v-r this restricted meaning since the
lz-er ps-- ~ -e eighteenth century Every Irish
zs- so--h c- -a= I.Iefey Is popularity supposed 70
rave kissed -r= Barney stone. and II. moreover ne
as ha6 Dip - The Shannon, n Is reputed 10 nave
II requisite amount . imPudence or what the
1s--Tes cal civil courage
ACCOUNT OF THE CASTLE
a 6escr.7t.r- Of the zIIlase OF Blarney says Il
ce-.sus 2 noted castle. built in 1915, by Corrack
-sTp-r c-TVn -
cad ruir. centred about 4 high. square hattie
rle-,ed TO- The fame Of the castle Is Que 10 rs
zsssesson o. The p-onder-working Barney stone
hook bearing me name OF the founoer anu Inv
lste 5crt into re south angle Of the Keep l"eH's
.=t below -he Top Since access 10 Il - n+,,
impossible e substitute has been pToNloeu I'm
- barerne--s 10 receive the kisses OF tourists
A1ther z--ta- Oh tie subject says Inc '--70'
Laas q The castle al seem 70 have taken adFah-
isEs q The --07s--ies Of the stone coThoed 70 me-
ca-s i Is G vi known trick Of theirs 70 lee,
tae- choice = 2 -s particular stone "nlci- H--0'
ls E9nce % passed OF upon the trdFelie1r -
Egto tbe La++e-s Willingness and capacity % c-liiD
=. ., Ia 80 sas-re rl7ez, viii inform him that
- slime mas reer knocked down by some liloee~
5zekE-s-5 and now lies near the front door- 0[I
4 Is Young. rigorous and alert they VIII 'e
II tne rru-f--rat il l. situated at me iioi -.
age q the massive donjon. about 70 - H.
~ ground and that 10 reach Il WIN $500,
isea-ss 1lss- ore should be held over ''7
. uaes heels
ST. another account has this 70 say.
sba- so.-- miles ro-rnu-est o, the city o. -, =,
.-esn6 are me re esrated remains q lI.e stone
H1rIey Caste In which Is NoI.,,g "a any
t1s wro kisses II a fluent, persaas'Hs - Stone
lefloaest tongue The exact poslliO some saw that
( iyirg loose on the ground. others 49, ,l,{cb
e a. ne summit % the large SO re castle
as origtna. Inc Conion or keep OF ~ -. A. "a
Fls there are ver q hers who MAINTAIN an % Who
-eec In rhe wal ~ sucn q - &c J1eeIe from
= TOP When CT how II first go got rs s,,s con
,slzElor i not known, but the eGpS tts irish
e'zlg Il IS firmly fixed II the MINDS o. t4-7 Isle
.Nss1rry. hundreds OF whom resort 20 - $50 en-