Cobh to Blarney Castle & Kinsale

Discover Blarney Castle, Cork City, and Kinsale on a tailored shore excursion. Enjoy local insights, shopping, and scenic views. Book your adventure now!

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Blarney Castle & Gardens - Experience the chance to kiss the renowned Blarney Stone, explore the 15th-century castle, and admire the stunning gardens. Entry to the castle and gardens is included in your tour package.
    The visit to Blarney will last up to 2 hours, depending on your ship’s docking and sailing schedule.
    Shopping time at Blarney Woollen…
What's Included
  • Live commentary on board from local experienced guides
  • Storage for wheelchairs, scooters, etc
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Admission To Blarney Castle & Gardens
  • Pick up from your ship and return to same
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Exciting Shore Excursion from Cobh to Blarney Castle, Cork City, Kinsale, and back to Cobh. The bus tour begins and ends at your ship, customized to fit your docking and sailing schedule.
Our Bus Tour Includes:
• Entry to the renowned Blarney Castle & Gardens
• Shopping at Blarney Woolen Mills - the world’s largest Irish store
• A driving tour of the…

Location
Blarney Castle & Gardens
Monacnapa,
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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565crystal
Sep 30, 2025
Our favorite excursion. - We had a really great day on our cruise port excursion to Blarney castle. Butler tours was amazing at keeping us informed of what was happening, even with a change in our docking port made by the cruise line. Ian and Dan were certainly the “A” team getting us to Blarney castle before the lines got long. Our guide and driver were very entertaining and informative and made this excursion one of our favorites.
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Ian
Sep 28, 2025
Fun and interesting tour. - Our driver got us to Blarney Castle before the worst of the crowds. Paul, our tour guide, did a wonderful job of giving us a lot of information about the local history in a fun way. He even treated us to a couple of songs. Highly recommend this tour.
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Purpleij
Sep 22, 2025
Very enjoyable tour - We had a very enjoyable and informative tour. Our bus tour guide Kevin was excellent. He made sure everyone was taken cared of and the bus was very comfortable. Would recommend! Worth the money.
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Michael
Sep 22, 2025
Great Cork overview in full day - Outstanding guide AND driver. Perfect timing at all sites including first in line T Blarney Castle. Even left sufficient time at end to explore Corh and walk back to ship.
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B5668midebbieb
Sep 22, 2025
The Gift of Ireland in a day - Loved this tour!! Great bus, tour guide so knowledgeable and personable! Countryside is stunning and Blarney castle grounds were among the most beautiful we have seen. Kissing the Blarney Stone for bragging rights takes a bit of time, but the views from the top are amazing. Have an Irish coffee at the woollen mill too! Highly recommend this tour and company.
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William_s
Sep 22, 2025
Blarney Castle & Kinsale - Was able to enter the castle prior to general public. InKinsale not a lot of place to choose from to eat or shop however it was beautiful town.
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Coletteinfrance
Sep 22, 2025
Wonderful trip - The castle to the Blarney Stone is quite a trip up some steep steps, so be aware. But worth the view from the top. Kindle is a cute small town with good shopping and food. Had a great time.
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Gloria_v
Sep 21, 2025
It was good! Our driver... - It was good! Our driver and guide were well informed and got us back to the ship on time. Highly recommended and will book with Viator for all future excursions.
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Norms699
Oct 1, 2025
Cruise Ship Excursion to Blarney Castle - We started off having an issue in that our ship couldn't dock at Cobh and had to go to the other port Ringaskiddy. We were told this will affect our time visiting Cork (which we only drove thru) which was disappointing. We met the bus near the port entrance and we did get off to an early start to see the Blarney Castle. This is a must as the lineup to kiss the stone was less than 30 minutes when we got there and over 90 minutes when I came out of the castle. We only spent 2 hours at the castle which is not enough time. We never got to see Blarney Woolen mills. We then went to Kinsale. It rained the whole time there which probably affected my opinion but I thought it was waste of time visiting the place. The time would have been better spent either at the castle or in Cork. I do commend the guide, driver and the Butler staff who were all professional and approachable.
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James_n
Sep 30, 2025
Great location but not t... - Great location but not t the effort. Would have to have waited nearly 60 minutes to get into the castle so just walked the grounds. No need to walk yet another set of ruins. Weather didn't help but no control.
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