For many centuries, as everyone knows, English monarchs tried to impose their will on Ireland. Queen Elizabeth I, eager to extend the influence of her government, sent a deputy to Cormac MacDermot MacCarthy, who was Lord of Blarney, and demanded that he take the tenure of his lands from the Crown. Cormac set out to visit the Queen and plead for his traditional right to his land, but he despaired for success for he was not fluent of speech. Shortly after starting his journey, he met an old woman who asked him why he looked so forlorn. He told her his story and she said, "Cormac, when Blarney Castle was built, one stone was put into place by a man who predicted no one would ever be able to touch it again. If you can kiss that stone, the gift of eloquence will be conferred upon you." Cormac traveled back to his castle and succeeded in kissing the stone. He then was able to go and address the Queen with speech so soft and words so fair that as long as he lived, he never had to renounce his right to his land. From that time forward, people have traveled from many lands to try to kiss the Blarney stone and receive the "gift of gab" and eloquence of speech.
1. Which country throughout history was in a power struggle with the of Ireland for their land? _________________________________
2. Who was known as "Lord of Blarney"? _________________________________
3. What act did Cormac MacDermot MacCarthy believe allowed him to speech fluently to the Queen? _________________________________
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4. Who told MacCarthy of the legend of the blarney stone? _________________________________
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Find five interesting St.Patty's Day facts and post them to the comment section.
More Irish people live in the US than Ireland.
ReplyDelete19 US presidents have Irish origins.
St.Patrick was not Irish
The four leaf clover has nothing to do with St.Patricks day
St.Patricks day was originaly a religious holiday meaning no alcohol was available to the public.
DW
st.Patrick died on march 17
ReplyDeleteSt.Patrick wasn't even irish
St.Patrick was a slave
St.Patrick was originally colour coded as blue
St.Patrick was British
Maryam
5 FUN FACTS ON ST.PATRICKS DAY:
ReplyDelete1.Your odds of finding a four leaf clover are 1 in 10,000!
2.the colour that you usually wear for St.Patrick's day was originally blue!
3.St. Patrick was a slave. He was kidnapped by Irish raiders at the age of 16 and sold as a slave. He spent years in Ireland herding sheep.
4.St. Patrick was not Irish. His parents were Roman citizens living in England.
5. March 17 is when Patrick died. Saint Patrick is a saint of the Catholic Church and his holy day is the day of his death.
-Alyssa
1.Patrick was a slave.
ReplyDelete2. Blue was the original color for st.patrick's day.
3.People wear green to avoid getting pinched
4. There are more Irish in USA than Ireland.
5. The odds of finding a four leaf clover is 1 in 10,000
-Aryan
1. Patrick's color is blue
ReplyDelete2. St.Patrick wasn't Irish
3. St.Partrick was a slave
4. March 17th was when Patrick died
5. Yor odds of finding a four-leaf clover is about 1 in 10,000
•St Patrick Wasn’t Irish
ReplyDelete•St Patrick’s Color is Blue, Not Green
•In Chicago, the river is dyed green for a few hours
•biggest st.patricks day parade is in New York
•Reports have it that at least 19 US Presidents can trace their ancestry to Irish origins
Marina.S.