Killlarney in the morning and on to Blarney Castle

Excuse the size of the pictures again.  I seem to have no control over this!  Click to see individual ones smaller.
1-3 Jaunty Car ride through Killarney National Park to Ross Castle.
4-5 Decorative thatched roof and detail of roof
6.  Ross Castle
7.  View of stream in the park
8. Lunch at Blarney Woolen Mills Shopping Area:  shepherd's pie
9.Blarney Castle entrance and a really neat tree:  Pat and Pam
10-11 Blarney Castle where you kiss the Blarney stone for the gift of eloquence:  no we did not do it!!!
12.  Pat climbing the tower stairs to the top.  Supposedly 100 steps.
13.  Tower steps
14. One of the tour group kissing the stone!
15.  M on the top level of the castle
16. View of the turret and tower from the top:  not the blue skies and sunshine!
17.  Central view of interior of the castle where the different levels of the floor would be:  Floors removed for viewing the interior
18.  Thatched roof with partial thatching: note the peak of the roof
19.  An Irish crow:  playing with a stone--picked up and dropped repeatedly.  There are 7 kinds of crows in Ireland.
20.  This ones for Jennifer:  Thought of you when I saw this store!