THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION.

VOL. XIV, NO. 396.] SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1829. [PRICE 2d.




BLARNEY CASTLE.


[Illustration: Blarney Castle.]


This Engraving, to use a cant phrase, is an exquisite "bit of Blarney;"
but independent of the vulgar association, it has a multitude of
attractions for every reader. Its interest will, however, be materially
enhanced by the following admirable description from the graphic pen of
T. Crofton Croker, Esq.[1]


[1] Researches in the South of Ireland, Illustrative of the Scenery,
Architectural Remains, and the Manners and Superstitions of the
Peasantry. By T. Crofton Croker. 4to. 1824 Murray. VOL. XIV.


Blarney, so famous in Irish song and story, is situated about four
miles north west of Cork, and was, within these few years, a thriving
manufacturing village; but it no longer wears the aspect of comfort or
of business, and appears much gone to decay.