We sneaked away for a weekend visit to Ireland on Friday. With only a 1 hour flight out of London Heathrow we were in the beautiful city of Cork Ireland before dinner. Cork is a town of 120,000 but a greater population of 380,000. They export farm and dairy products, livestock, and fish. Tourism is also a big part of their trade and is very slow with the today's bad economy. The Blarney Castle, home of the Blarney Stone, is the most popular stop for all tourists which included us. This Castle was built in 1210, and completed in 1446. The castle was occupied by the King of Munster. Here we toured the Castle from the dungeons below to the top.
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