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Blarney castle | Part of the entrance to the old stables, neat running horse carved into archway |
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The view out of the "Squire's room" into the Blarney valley. | Another shot of a similar view |
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Interesting tree - there was a lot of tropical foliage all over Ireland, palms of all kinds, my guess this tree is tropical. | Neat old bridge on the Blarney complex. |
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My mom emerging from a rock (Blarney ruins) | Nana and Mom holding the rock in place |
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The top of the wishing stairs | Mom in the "witches' kitchen" |
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Another angle of the witches' kitchen | Looking up through the watch tower. |
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Blarney Castle and watch tower | Blarney watch tower | Another shot of the castle - approach. |
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Road and bridge to the castle | Moat in front of the castle | Watch Tower |
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View from watch tower to moat | View from watch tower to castle | Castle view from the moat. |
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Mom hiking up to castle | Backside of castle, main entrance | From the castle looking towards watch tower. |
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From the Squire's room | The squire's room from the outside. | Side view of the castle |
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Interesting tree | another interesting tree | View from the bottom of the wishing stairs |
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Mom at the top of wishing stairs | Looking up the wishing stairs (from inside) | view down the wishing stairs. |