Stories of persons and places in Europe . laughing stock of Elizabeths court for being so dupedby the lord of Blarney, and blarney became the term applied to all suchsmooth speeches in after time. The old castle is now covered to the top of its tower with masses of ivythat hide the mouldering walls and the huge gaps made in it by Cromwellscannon. Near the castle is the famous groves of Blarney where, according tothe poet Milliken, there used to be a cave where no daylight enters, a lake well stored with fishes and a sweet rock-close. The lake is stillsaid to contain treasures of wealth, which
Stories of persons and places in Europe . laughing stock of Elizabeths court for being so dupedby the lord of Blarney, and blarney became the term applied to all suchsmooth speeches in after time. The old castle is now covered to the top of its tower with masses of ivythat hide the mouldering walls and the huge gaps made in it by Cromwellscannon. Near the castle is the famous groves of Blarney where, according tothe poet Milliken, there used to be a cave where no daylight enters, a lake well stored with fishes and a sweet rock-close. The lake is stillsaid to contain treasures of wealth, which the last earl of Blarney castinto it, and which are to lie there until a McCarthy is again lord of secret of the hiding place he told to three of the McCarthys, who wereonly to tell it at their death to another member of the family until the timefor revealing it came. Ireland. 147 Briaw, King of the Tributes.—It was in the vicinity of Blarney castlethat Irelands troubles began, but the first link in the chain of evils was a. SAINT PATRICK GOING TO TARA. piece of great good fortune very different from the events to whichit led. 148 Persons and Places in Europe. The piratical vikings from Denmark paid Ireland a visit in the course oftheir ravages, but they found here a second Alfred in the warlike Brian, kingof Munster. At the beginning of the conflict Brian was only an under-king, subject tothe high-king, Malachy, with whom he joined his forces. It seems to have been a case of Saul and David, for while the king slewhis thousands Brian slew his ten thousand. The Danes were vanquished,but they feared only Brian. They agreed to pay tribute to him, but not tothe high king Malachy. This made Brian ambitious, and he announcedhimself as high-king of Erin. King Malachy made but little attempt to hold the throne against that a struggle would bring a disastrous war upon the land he, likea true patriot, yielded up his own rights for the welfare of his country. Br
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