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Blarney Castle, Ireland near Cork. Perhaps the most famous castle in Ireland.

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Lens cap!


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The manor house from the castle.


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Castles may be old and drafty, but you can't beat the views.


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In the queue to kiss the stone. Just looking at these four, you can tell such osculation is totally superfluous.


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Some of the gardens.


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Mom brightens the stairwell.


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Don't ask me where he got a shovel, but it's the only picture I have of him where he actually appears to be working.


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Fern gully.


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Michael prepares to pounce.


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We couldn't tell whether Mother's side hurt from the weight of her family or from laughing so hard.


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A close family.


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They had the foresight to open the manor house for its first tour in ten years five minutes after we arrived at the door. Of course, that could have been a line of Blarney.


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Kissing the Blarney Stone has apparently affected the local merchants.