BLARNEY  , a small See also:

• TOWN

town of Co . See also:

• CORK
• CORK (perhaps through Sp. corcha from Lat. cortex, bark, but possibly connected with quercus, oak)
• CORK, RICHARD BOYLE

Cork, See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, in the See also:

• MID

mid See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division, 5 M . N.W. of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Cork on the Cork & Muskerry See also:

• LIGHT

light railway . Pop . (1901) 928 . There is a large manufacture of See also:

• TWEED

tweed . The name " blarney " has passed into the See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language to denote a See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of persuasive eloquence, alleged to be characteristic of the natives of Ireland . The " Blarney See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

Stone," the kissing of which is said to confer this See also:

• FACULTY (through the French, from the Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the original meaning)

faculty, is pointed out within the See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle . The origin of this belief is not known . The castle, built c . 1446 by Cormac McCarthy, was of immense strength, and parts of its walls are as much as 18 ft. thick . To its founder is traced by some the origin of the See also:

• TERM

term " blarney," since he delayed by persuasion and promises the surrender of the castle to the See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president .

See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard Millikin's See also:

• SONG

song, " The Groves of Blarney " (c . 1798), contributed to the fame of the castle, which is also See also:

• BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound up with the See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• HISTORY

history of the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county and the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of the See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• REBELLION

Rebellion .