The Police Station: TIMEBOMBS The building you see before you is the police station. Back in 1920 when Ireland answered to the Crown, the IRA were trying to take out the Royal Irish Constabulary. They wanted them removed from the villages because they were seen as the eyes and ears of British administration. An IRA…

YOU’RE BOOKED! Next stop: Who stole the station clock? And the bomb that went wrong.

STOCKING UP! In 1776, Arthur Young a renowned self- appointed English travel & agricultural writer visited Blarney on his tour around Ireland. He wrote an account of the village and village life at the time. The house/restaurant you see before you here was known as ‘The Market House’ in 1776 and is immortalised in Arthur…

Timothy Mahony operated a small textile mill here in the mid 18th century. This was rebuilt and expanded in 1824 for the spinning and weaving of wool and employed some 800 people in the 1880s. It developed an international reputation and was the main industry in the area until it closed in 1973. The mill…

Millstream Row is a small row of houses on the left side of the road that leads locals and visitors alike directly into Blarney Village. It was the first-built (c.1861) terrace of a number of similar terraces which can be seen locally. Consisting of two storied houses, they were built by the Mahony Bros., the…

Waterloo: Water under the bridge Waterloo is located 2.5km north of the famous village of Blarney. It was named by an absentee landlord named George Putland to commemorate the 1815 battle of Waterloo. That year Putland’s bridge was built across the river Martin joining lands on both sides of the river previously only accessible by…

‘Shean’ is the Gaelic translation for ‘Old’ therefore you are standing on the Old Bridge, located at the Station Road Junction which also marks the start of the beautiful Martin Valley Trail to Waterloo, a 2.5km riverside, woodland walk leading to Waterloo Church, Gardens and Round Tower (built in 1845). Highly recommended for a leisurely…

Founded in 1892 by Nicholas and Ellen Mahony of Martin Mahony & Bros. Woollen Mills. It was occupied by the Sisters of Charity until 1990. Nothing remains except the Convent Hall which plays an important role for the Blarney community. The new convent is occupied by Missionary Sisters of Charity whose founder, Mother Teresa of…

SAINTS & SINNERS Roman Catholic Church – Church of the Immaculate Conception Land was donated for the construction of this church which was then built mainly through subscriptions and donations from the local parishioners, and especially from the Mahony’s. Built in 1894 overlooking Blarney Castle and the village square it is a prominent, eye-catching, gable-fronted…

Muskerry Arms Steeped in history, this building was originally built as the Corkeran’s Hotel. J.F. Corkeran lived nearby in Sunberry House. Subsequently renamed the Muskerry Arms after the Muskerry Tramline which serviced the village of Blarney until the 1930s. It also served as a carriage house which provided accommodation for weary travellers on their journeys…