This week we visit some iconic tourist spots to see if they live up to their reputation. Ellie O’Byrne visits Blarney

ADAM Whitbourn’s mission statement when he took over as head gardener at Blarney Castle was that he wanted ‘to make the gardens as famous in their own right as the castle’.

LEGEND has long had it that kissing the Blarney Stone on the Blarney Castle ramparts bestows the gift of the gab – but now it appears that the magic might have come from somewhere closer to the ground.