The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-06-03
NOT REAL BLARNEY
TOURISTS KISS IMITATION or
FAMOUS STONE
sesl Thing Is SET In Wal Ct Castle
Eo-1,-ri.e Fee. trors Grcunds
According 70 5Viias Cham


A. Authorized ANNOUNCEMENT =
made thz- q piece q The Barney
r-o-s n 81 View YORK AM el - sx-
t5os-ed during This week Only
few cars EEo ! lad occasion 70 sl'eAk
e Z TREAD vho sent relative Il NE
west q "tnst Sc good piece of ~ ns-
ov-h -c.ck SAYS guLas Chambers Z
.he Brooklyn Esgle-
Ire lsr- tine ! wEs returning 70
ttst count-T O CuDErc cleans q
re found hat the Lcl6or Halls we're
~ hours ls-s e. Qus@nstcvo Hno
f-Serc q ore q the passengers. tsF-
i-g Z rsry fast yacht lad come 7ooNn
from Cork . say goo6-eT-
"a Ire ruyzgsr happened 70 be
known 70 ne. ] WAS asked . form
oue o. small party . run up e
Cork. where automobiles. cCI 5Euntlns
ea-E. would take us 70 Bls-Dsy Caste,
about Sre niles northwest q COX
We were guaranteed su-e return 70
re Cedric bstore she sailed and a,
zsth three Others. took tie cn2noe o.
losing our p&sszgs money Therefore,
Nv knowledge @ Q1se1E-oH'r hAToOr.
he -sils. e hsEty drink a. ne Qnesn
hotel. /. chst With The s-wsys pretty
hz-rnsi6s-sll Of whom recognized ne
e. s-srd o. the oes g-iful -Ictf,e
fitzgerald. who had introduced her
American millionaire husband 70 he-,
NJ Duyo-t-s miles -rot Il 5srnt-
srg ca AID . return 70 he EhiD Win
Z handful % green shamrock but
,his nre everything was Different
TIE Corkooisn roiihonziTe's steam
-scat carried "a swift zs Al arrow ~
he eight miles Of bsT-it appeared 70
De about TIE sane distance az fToE
St George 20 Whitehall street-to
Cork We lsncs1 near ire spot where
Cromwell g.. " his Gag sn1 MAI
-1-ough went ashore Il 1880 The
zu:os were IL waiting and the Eve or
81 miles % blame! castle were rUn
z few minutes after Te got disen-
'angie6 from the narrow streets and
lie svsrrri-g children Cork is city
4 g 90 people and race suicide isn't
chsrgssbIe y sry % The families, as
vel a. : hSsty glance would enrtls
ne 70 tucge
Blsr-ey castle wasn't finished IN the
Cromwell csy. IL al likelihood. u
.sut much q castle" % anybody
g 10 Las sssn TIE rezl thing a. Stir
.ing O. hst Z dozen places that might
e mentioned. I, consists chiefly Of
ne tower. with wings Il TIE wall
= me facade. sbOu, q feet from the
TOP. O. e = guess, - feet from The
yroU.d. stone about Ire E!zs Of &
D1shel basket protrgdeE
L is The real "Blarney stone"
So far % can imagine. only snch
persons 80 have been lowered in
5cstswsin's chairs" and the wild
,i-ds ever have actually kissed H.
Yet. ! have had u sit and listen 20
many beautiful and truthful % WON
q tell how they knelt 70 kiss the
Barney stone. ! understand exactly
Ths, they meant They didn't know
ne rezl from the imposition. The little
Village Of Barney has nothing 70 com
mend IL 70 the attention Of travellers
except this castle Therefore, a Just
az good" Blarney stone has been
placed IN the courtyard Of the castle
aid for t:iAing matter Of sixpence
you and may 20 into its sacred
presence and press our lips upon It's
rough, clammy surface. II isn't worth
ne money. because one isn't getting
that for which he or she bargained.
The rock IS high in the wall, and any
other Blarney stone IL much the same
as q duplicate of Plymouth Rock would
be, set Up in Riverside Park or Bowl.
ing Green. The castle was built by
the Cromsck Mccarthy about 1916.
or three years before Cromwell slaugh-
tered the Irishmen Of the place. AS
one sees 1t today II is only an Ivy.
cad ruin, conferred about a battle.
mented keep. The famous stone, as |
have said, in the face Of the wall. is
said 70 bear the name OF the founder
but | could not discern IL, although