Shore Excursion From Cork: Including Blarney Castle and Kinsale

Highlights

Leistungen

Ablauf

1. We will collect you in style from your Cruise Ship. When you leave the Ship, turn to the right, and your guide will be waiting for you near the pedestrian exit gate. We collect passengers from the cruise ship at 07:30 for departure @ 08:00. Where your ship docks later than 07:30 the tour will begin 30 minutes after disembarkation commences. We like to get ahead of the crowd and avoid the queues in Blarney!

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2. Our first stop of the day is Blarney. Visit the most famous Castle in all of Ireland!! Lie back and kiss the magical Blarney Stone and get the gift of the gab! Your admission is included saving you 15 euro. WE ARE HAPPY TO INCLUDE ADMISSION TO BLARNEY CASTLE: others will make you join a queue and pay at the gate! You will also have time to visit the world famous Blarney Woolen Mills. Famed as the largest Irish Store in the world, many take advantage of its tax free shopping offers on quality Irish products.

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3. We depart Blarney and take a panoramic drive through Cork City. We view the highlights of this fine City such as the River Lee, St Finbarre's Cathedral, Shandon Bells, English Market and Grand Parade. Cork was recently considered by the Lonely Planet one of the 10 must see cities in the world. Some of its famous sons include Henry Ford, Michael Collins and of course world famous footballer Roy Keane.

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4. We drive through the beautiful Cork Countryside to the charming town of Kinsale! Enjoy typical views of the rolling fields of West Cork and also a stop overlooking picturesque Kinsale Harbor and its 2 forts - Charles Fort and James Fort. It was just off the Old Head of Kinsale that in 1915 the Lusitania sank with grave loss of life.

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5. Our next stop is the historical town of Kinsale for, a town famed for the battle of Kinsale in 1601. Today it is Ireland's gourmet capital with winding streets, great pubs and fine restaurants. On our standard 8h tours we stop in Kinsale for lunch, however depending on the departure time of the ship this must be at the drivers discretion (NO EXCEPTION). The town is beautifully situated at the mouth of the harbor and is exceptionally colorful with picture post card buildings and many country Irish folk with strange and distinguished accents

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6. If time allows, we can explore Cobh Cathedral.

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7. We depart Kinsale and to make sure you are back at least 1 hour before departure. The service ends back at the dockside after approximately 8 hours on tour. If the boat is leaving earlier we will amend the itinerary as necessary.

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Stornierung

Kostenlose Stornierung bis 24 Stunden vor Beginn, mit voller Rückerstattung.

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• 5Paddywaggon give blarney a stone

  We picked up our Viator Paddywaggon trip from our cruise ship at Cobh. The ship docked a day later than expected but the Paddywaggon was there waiting for us. The tour guide was accommodating, funny and very pleasant at all times. We had commentary along the way about the sights. When we arrived at Blarney Castle he advised us to go straight to the stone before the queues, great advice as we only queued for 20 mins. It was a great trip, we had time to wonder at each place have some lunch in Kinsale and back to the port in time to pick up the ship. I would definitely recommend this trip.

  Nichola_OOktober 2026über Viator

• 5The driver, Liam, was a...

  The driver, Liam, was a great ambassador for both Paddywagon Tours and the people of Ireland. Plenty of time at Blarney Castle and Kinsale to do the touristy things.

  Steven_POktober 2026über Viator

• 5Great Tour

  Loved Blarney Castle and Kinsale. DJ, our tour guide, arrived at the castle right when it opened so we didn’t have to wait in a long line and was very knowledgeable about all of the areas that we visited.

  Lynn_JSeptember 2026über Viator

• 4Bucket List - Check!

  This tour was really great in that our driver/guide beat the crowds to the Blarney Stone, enabling us to kiss it before the queues got too long. He was very knowledgeable about the area and his stories were very entertaining. Our tour was geared around our cruise ship so we went to Kinsdale for lunch. There isn't much there except a little town that seems to have been set up for tourism. We would have much preferred to have spent a little more time at the Blarney Stone (there was more to do there) and then gone to the adorable, quaint little town of Cork instead of Kinsdale. But overall it was a good day. Bucket list checked off!

  Christine_CSeptember 2026über Viator

• 5Great guide, plenty of...

  Great guide, plenty of time at each stop. Very nice day. Beautiful castle grounds. A little extra time at castle would have been better and less time in Kinsdale would have worked.

  Robin_SSeptember 2026über Viator

• 4Good shore excursion from Cobh

  We took this tour from Cobh to Blarney Castle and Kinsale. We were lucky as Blarney was not crowded, we did not attempt to climb the 128 steps however. The grounds are well kept and huge. Kinsale is a small town where we stopped for a lunch break. The coach was large and the guide was excellent. The bus was full and the tour lasted until 4pm.

  jfdSeptember 2026über Tripadvisor

Gut zu wissen

How it compares in Cobh

• Its from-price is 87% below the median of the 17 tagesausflüge we list in Cobh.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• By number of reviews it ranks 1 of 17.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Cobh

Cobh is a harbour town on Great Island in Cork Harbour, with a cathedral above rows of coloured houses and a history as the Titanic's last port of call.

Cobh stands on Great Island in Cork Harbour, a broad natural harbour, with terraced houses in many colours climbing the hill from the waterfront. St Colman's Cathedral, a Gothic Revival church with a carillon of forty-nine bells, towers over the town. Cork city lies a short rail journey to the north-west.

Top-ranked sights in Cobh: St. Colman's Cathedral (Cobh Cathedral), Cobh Heritage Centre (The Queenstown Story), Titanic Experience Cobh.

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