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Blarney

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Blarney, village, Co. Cork, SE Republic of Ireland. Those who kiss the Blarney Stone, placed in an almost inaccessible position near the top of the thick stone wall of the 15th-century castle, are supposed to gain marvelous powers of persuasion and cajolery. The castle was militarily important in the 17th-century wars of Oliver Cromwell Cromwell, Oliver , 1599–1658, lord protector of England. Parliamentary General


The son of a gentry family, he entered Cambridge in 1616 but probably left the next year.
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 and William III. Tweed is manufactured in the village.

Blarney

Village (pop., 2002: 2,146), County Cork, Ireland. Situated northwest of the city of Cork, it is famous as the site of Blarney Castle (c. 1446). Below the battlements on the southern castle wall is the Blarney Stone, which in local legend is said to confer eloquence on anyone who kisses it.



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Clopin interrupted him: "I believe that you are trying to blarney us with your jargon.
 
 
 
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