Until now, it has been hard to find a detailed account of Blarney Castle. This book offers a new and fully comprehensive guide to Blarney, which will help the visitor's understanding of it as a building as well as providing much more for both the general and specialist reader. Using a mass of historical and archaeological material, which has never been assembled before, it provides a detailed account of the castle, its history and the three families who owned it. Review "When this book was published some weeks ago it caused controversy by suggesting that they stone kissed by generations of tourists since the end of the 19th century was not in fact the Blarney Stone of ancient folklore... This treatement of the famous Cork tourist attraction will appeal to the serious historian, to the archaeologist, and to those whose interest is more focused on folklore and legend. The controversy over the actual identity and location of the stone in a sense becomes a minor detail in the overall picture of "Blarney Castle," though it will no doubt be of consuming interest to some." "A welcome addition to personal, community, and academic library Irish History reference collections and supplemental reading lists, Blarney Castle is especially recommended to the attention of non-specialist general readers with an interest in Irish hisory, the Blarney Castle, and its most famous feature--the Blarney Stone." About the Author Mark Samuel is a freelance Archaeological Specialist.