Blarney
Sign in to saveBlarney () is a suburban town within the administrative area of Cork City in Ireland. It is located approximately north-west of the city centre. It is the site of Blarney Castle, home of the legendary Blarney Stone. Blarney is part of the Dáil constituency of Cork North-Central. It is surrounded by the suburban villages of Tower, Cloghroe and Kerry Pike, all on the outskirts of Cork City.
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- Locality
- Cork
- Region
- Munster
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 2,539
- Timezone
- Europe/Dublin
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Blarney
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ga
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- BlarneyCastleView1.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The countryside around Blarney
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ireland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Munster
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- County Cork
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
- Settlement.population_total
- 2,779
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 55
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- townland
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Area
- 1.85
- Elevation
- 55
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- BlarneyCastleView1.jpg
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- Commons category
- Blarney
- Irish Grid Reference
- W610759
- historic county
- County Cork
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Tourism
- Blarney Stone
- Blarney Woollen Mills
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- Transport
- Economy and media
- Demographics
- Education
- Sport and leisure
- See also
- References
- External links
Blarney () is a suburban town within the administrative area of Cork City in Ireland. It is located approximately north-west of the city centre. It is the site of Blarney Castle, home of the legendary Blarney Stone. Blarney is part of the Dáil constituency of Cork North-Central. It is surrounded by the suburban villages of Tower, Cloghroe and Kerry Pike, all on the outskirts of Cork City.
==Tourism== Blarney town is a major tourist attraction in Cork. Mostly people come to see the castle, kiss the stone, and to shop at the Blarney Woollen Mills.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blarney” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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