Blarney Castle Stairway

Posted on 14 December 2005

Climbing to the top of Blarney Castle requires a climb up steep stairs that get narrower and smaller as you reach the top. It’s not for the faint hearted or claustrophobic!

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Category: Architecture, Black and White, Blarney, Photos
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5 responses to Blarney Castle Stairway

Enygma says:

December 14, 2005 at 11:58 am

Wow! I remember going there when I was young and just being absolutely terrified of those steps! I don’t know exactly what it was, maybe claustrophobia or something like you say. You captured it really well, almost brings back those sick feelings

Budi says:

December 14, 2005 at 2:00 pm

Wow…I can feel that, Donncha. What is the function of that stair? It isn’t the main stair, is it?

Donncha says:

December 14, 2005 at 3:50 pm

This is the stairwell down from the top. There are two staircases, one for going up, the other for going down. On the way up, at the top of the castle the stairs is about half as wide, and the steps are *very* steep! It’s difficult and slow going.

It’s worth it though for the view, Matt is as mad about photography as I am and we both went mad taking shots of the surrounding countryside!

nancy says:

August 4, 2007 at 9:51 pm

Glad for this info. We are 58 and 60 and going in Nov. 07! We will start “training” now for this trek. Thanks, Nancy

Larry E Swift says:

March 18, 2010 at 1:06 am

The number of stairs was 242, as I recall.
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