Blarney Castle, near Dripsey
Choose Blarney for a castle climb with enough gardens to make a separate outing.
The story behind Blarney Castle
The fifteenth-century MacCarthy tower is the setting for the Blarney Stone. The promise of eloquence belongs to its folklore, not a historical guarantee. From below, the height and projecting battlements make clear that this began as a defended home.
What you will see
The stone is at the top, reached by castle stairs. If that does not appeal, the gardens offer a different visit through wooded paths, the Fern Garden, Rock Close and the Poison Garden. Allow the outdoor areas time instead of treating them as a queue for the tower.
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Ticketed admission
The official 2026 adult price is €24. Tickets can be bought online or on arrival without a timed slot. May to September hours are 09:00 to 18:00, last admission 17:00; October closes at 17:30 and winter at 17:00. The castle climb involves steps. Check the operator for date-specific exceptions.
Check the official visitor information ↗Sources and checks
- Blarney Castle visitor informationVisitor access and historical context. Checked .
- Fáilte IrelandHistorical context and visitor experience. Checked .
- Kind
- Castles
- From Dripsey
- 12 km east, in a straight line
- Website
- blarneycastle.ie
- Wheelchair
- Recorded as partly accessibleOne tag covering the whole place. It does not say whether the entrance, the inside, the toilets or the route to the door are step free, and this page will not say so either.
The map does not yet record a phone number for Blarney Castle. Anyone can add it on OpenStreetMap, and this page picks the change up at the next refresh.
Getting to Blarney Castle
About these directions
Public transport times come from National Transport Authority. Timetables cover 2026-09-18 to 2027-09-19. These are scheduled services; check with the operator for cancellations and changes before travelling.
Walking and driving times are estimates. A town search starts at its centre; choose your location or a point on the map for a more precise starting point. Eircode search is not available.
How journey planning worksDestination, access and nearby stops
Blarney Castle is in Dripsey, County Cork. Routes here end at the point the map records for this place. No entrance has been verified, so the last few metres are for you to judge.
The nearest scheduled stop is Saint Ann's Road (213321), 470 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.
- Saint Ann's Road 470 m
bus 215Scheduled departures from this stop
- Blarney 540 m
bus 215Scheduled departures from this stop
- Blarney East 850 m
bus 215Scheduled departures from this stop
- Paud's Cross 1.1 km
bus 215Scheduled departures from this stop
- Willison Park 1.4 km
bus 215Scheduled departures from this stop
Getting to Dripsey covers the journeys into the town itself.
Other castles in Dripsey
Nearest to Blarney Castle first, and the figure beside each one is how far it is from Blarney Castle, in a straight line. Same point, same measure.
- 240 m
- 5.9 km
- 12 km
- 13 km
- 18 km
- 20 km
- 21 km
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Where this comes from
- From the map
- The name, the kind of place, the address where the record carries one, and any website, phone or opening hours shown as recorded on the map are tags on OpenStreetMap way/128989454, and can be corrected there.
- Worked out here
- Every distance, the nearest road where the record has no address, which car park and which stop are nearest, and the order of the lists are this site’s own calculations from those records. Distances are straight lines between two points, not walks along the footpaths, and the map will route the real walk on request. A mistake in any of this is a mistake here rather than on the map.