Dermot was known for his eloquence and stories, hence the Blarney Stone’s reputation for imparting the gift of the gab upon those who kiss it. The third castle built on the site (the castle which stands to this day) was built by another McCarthy descendant, Dermot McCarthy, in 1446. Legend has it that the Blarney Stone was given as a gift to Cormac MacCarthy, King of Desmond, from king Robert the Bruce of Scotland, who presented the ‘magical’ stone in gratitude for his assistance in the battle of Bannockburn in 1314. There is always a story – of note, the Muskerry McCarthy’s historical seat is Blarney Castle in County Cork. Each of these families continued resistance to Norman and English encroachment up to the seventeenth century when, like virtually all the Irish/Gaelic aristocracy, they lost almost everything to the Normans and English, except fight! For almost five centuries MacCarthy’s dominated much of Munster (the Southern province of Ireland), with four major branches: those led by the MacCarthy Mór (Great MacCarthy), the nominal head of all the MacCarthys, who ruled over much of south Kerry, the Duhallow MacCarthys, who controlled northwest Cork MacCarthy Reagh or Riabhach (‘grey’) based in the Barony of Carbery in southwest Cork and MacCarthy Muskerry, on the Cork / Kerry border. “Mac” was the title assumed by your sons – so his sons were called “Mac Carthaigh.” One of his sons became the first king of Desmond, comprising parts of the modern counties of Cork and Kerry. There is always a story – The origin of the name “McCarthy” begins with Carthach, an Irish King. They made a huge sacrifice that undoubtedly was in the best interests of their future generations. However, the lingering effects of the famine, British oppressive rule, and opportunity and friends/family in America, were just too much to pass on. There is always a story – Nearly 50% of the people in the area died from the Irish potato famine (and famine-related disease, e.g cholera) and, thankfully, my family survived. On my mother’s side, my family comes from Canfie East and Ardroom, Eyeries Parish, County Cork, Ireland. On my father’s side, my family comes from Knockanabrocka, Kilkatherine, Eyeries Parish, County Cork, Ireland and Stuake, Donoughmore, County Cork, Ireland. And one grandparent, my paternal grandfather’s mother was born in Butte, Montana, raised from age 7 to 17 in Ireland, then came back to Butte for the remainder of her lifetime. There is always a story – seven of my eight great-grandparents’ parents (McCarthy, Downey, Murphy, Mullane, Malvey, Sullivan, and Sheehan) hailed from in County Cork, Ireland. There is always a story – and we are only getting started. in Ireland we don’t have a word to describe such a degree of urgency.” Very fitting as this is going to take a while – again with no urgency. After thinking in silence for a moment the Irishman finally shook his head and said. Who cares?” The British host seemed satisfied with that answer and then turned to the Irishman sitting next to Iglesias and asked him if there was an equivalent term in Irish. Iglesias replied that the term ‘mañana’ refers to a relaxed Spanish measurement of time and he said it means “maybe the job will be done tomorrow, maybe the next day, maybe the day after that, perhaps next week, next month, next year. The British host was a bit confused by his usage of the word and finally asked him to explain what the term ‘mañana’ meant. While Iglesias was being interviewed he kept using the word ‘mañana’ in a couple of different contexts. The first guest, the Irishman, sat next to Iglesias during his interview. The second guest was the famous Spanish singer Julio Iglesias. On this particular episode of the show, the first guest to be interviewed was a famous Irishman whose name currently escapes me. After the first guest was interviewed they would move down the couch and still be present when the second guest got interviewed. The host would interview a guest, take a commercial break and then interview another guest, and so on. There is always a story – years ago my Dad told me this story about a TV show in Britain that was very similar to the Johnny Carson Show. The story is the story.Īnd if I do this correctly, the story is long! And with no urgency is part of the story. I cannot believe they asked a bunch of Irish people to talk about being Irish, because giving a painfully long response is actually the story of the Irish.
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