It may well be, literally, the stuff of legend lost in the mists of time but, as this week's kerfuffle about the real Blarney Stone has shown, it is also very much part of the modern tourist ...
My family and I will be in Cork for a short 8 hour stop during a cruise in the latter part of June. Half of the group wants to visit the Blarney Stone, and yes, I have warned them about the locals ...