No trip to Southern Ireland would be complete without a visit to Blarney Castle. Fortunately, we had to work, so Jamie took Brian (along with Jamie's friend Matt) to Blarney Castle.I think it's Jamie's fifth time. Not to kiss the stone mind you - that would tempt the fates and reverse the gift of gab.
Brian said he was expecting something totally different. As in not having to hold himself over a 50 foot drop to kiss a piece of rock. I still have the theory that the French Prince who first brought the Blarney Stone to the Castle basically didn't have a gift, so he picked up a stone about 10 miles outside of town.
There's been better marketing jobs than the Blarney Stone (say, Coca-Cola), but not too many.
