Blarney Castle

Blarney Castle occupies a site with fortifications dating to approximately the 10th century, when a wooden defensive structure first stood on the location. Around 1210, this timber structure was replaced by a stone fortification. The current stone keep that dominates the site was constructed in 1446 by Cormac Láidir MacCarthy, 9th Lord of Muskerry, a member of the cadet branch of the Kings of D...