owing inscription:--

HIC. IACET. CORMACVS. FIL. THADEI. FIL. CORMACI. FIL. DERMITII.
MAGNI. MC. CARTHY. DNVS DE. MVSCRAIGH. FLAYN. AC. ISTIVS.
CONVENTVS. PRIMVS. FVNDATOR. AN. DOM. 1494.

[3] The original name of a sept or clan was Carty, supposed to be
derived from Cartheigh, which signifies an Inhabitant of the
Rock; and Mac, denoting "_son of_;" was used before the father's
Christian name for the purpose of distinction, as, Mac Cormac
Carty expressed Carty, son of Cormac; this manner of designation
appears discontinued on the introduction of a greater variety of
names, and the Mac alone retained by the elder branches.

[4] Amongst the Harleian MSS. the Vol. No. 1425, contains pedigrees
of Irish nobility; from the ninth to the twenty-second page is
occupied by those of "Mac Cartie More," Mac Cartie Reagh, and
all other Mac Carties, brought down to the year 1615; but though
curious for reference, there is little worth the trouble of
transcribing. The most common female names in the Mac Carty
pedigree are, Katheren, Elin, Honnor, Joan, and Grany.

The military and historic recollections connected with Blarney are
doubtless of sufficient importance to give an interest to the place; but
to a curious superstition it is perhaps more indebted for celebrity. A
stone in the highest part of the castle wall is pointed out to visitors,
which is supposed to give to whoever kisses it the peculiar privilege of
deviating from veracity with unblushing countenance whenever it may be
convenient--hence the well-known phrase of "_Blarney_."

The grounds attached to the castle, as I before observed, though so little
attended to, are still beautiful. Walks, which a few years since were neat
and trim, are now so overrun with brambles and wild flowers as to be passed
with difficulty. Much wood has also been cut down, and the statues, so
ridiculously enumerated in a popular song, removed. A picturesque bridge
too, which led to the castle, has been swept away by the wintry floods,
and, with the exception of a small dell called the Rock Close, every thing
seems changed for the worse. In this romantic spot nature and art (a
combination rather uncommon in pleasure-grounds) have gone hand in hand.
Advantage has been taken of accidental circumstances to form tasteful and
characteristic combinations; and it is really a