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1. The Old Court or Castle of Kanturk (continued)

   

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   When the man was asleep she made all haste to a kinsman, and between them they conceived a plan to get her husband out in secret.

   The story goes that this plan proved successful, and McCarthy never saw his foreman mason after, and indeed he had no occasion as there was only a few stones more to be put on the castle.

   

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2. How the Blarney Stone Came to Ireland

   

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   How the Blarney Stone came to Ireland. Reports from the United States indicate that a joke can be good publicity for this country - if publicity is really necessary in a land where it is claimed there are twenty million people of Irish descent. When Mr.

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Maureen Scannell

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Macroom, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Nora Buckley

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cúil Aodha, Co. Cork