Ireland Day 3

Day 3 – Friday, July 3
We visited Ardmore early monastic site. The site was basically a cluster of hut-like buildings that monks would use for their worship and studies. We went to Charles Fort soon after, a star fort. We walked around a bit, looking around the ruins, before leaving. We then stopped at Blarney Castle, where we climbed up 108 steep steps to the top. Katherine wanted to kiss the Blarney Stone, so the man grabbed her ankles and lowered her down a small hole in the side of the castle so she was almost facing it. It is built for people who are adult-sized, and an adult would just lean back, kiss the Blarney Stone and sit up again, taking about 5 seconds. Katherine was shorter though, so she had to keep going back to reach it, giving her plenty of time to see the distance between her and the ground. She froze, and said she didn’t want to do it. They pulled her back up, but I decided I didn’t want to do it. We walked around the top, and then went back down. We walked back to the parking lot, to the Blarney Woolen Mills, which was right beside the lot. After that, we went to our hotel for the night.

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