Blarney Castle Tour: Small-Group Shore Excursion

Explore Blarney Castle and Jameson Distillery on a luxury small-group tour from Cork. Book early to secure your spot and avoid disappointment.

Duration: 7 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Port of Cobh - Cobh (Cork) Cruise Ship Terminal - 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.
  • Blarney Castle & Gardens - Our first stop of the day is Blarney. Visit the most famous Castle in all of
    Ireland!! Lie…
What's Included
  • Port pickup and drop-off
  • Live commentary on board
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • On-board WiFi
  • Bottled water
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Lunch
Additional Information

This small-group shore excursion from Cobh Cruise Terminal accommodates no more than 24 passengers on a luxury small van and allows for a particularly intimate day on shore. The tour begins with a pick-up from the cruise liner terminal in Cobh, Cork Harbour, where your driver will be waiting for you to drive you to Blarney Castle and Castles, where the…

Location
Port of Cobh
Cobh (Cork) Cruise Ship Terminal - 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.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Fearless99149
Sep 18, 2025
It was a very good experience. - My wife and I are in our 80’s and don’t move so quickly anymore. The tour leader was very helpful. We never felt rushed and the other people on the tour were also very considerate and helpful.
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Katrina_f
Aug 20, 2025
Must do this tour. - Big queues for Blarney Castle but we were forewarned to be fair. Irish woollen mills shop 3 stories of gifts. Jameson was a really good tour and we all enjoyed it, guide took us through the distilling process step by step and the tasting was as good as you would expect from a big name like Jameson's. Better to do this here instead of Dublin, because we wouldn't have had time there!
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Michael_h
Aug 9, 2025
Great way to see a lot with limited time. Highly recommended! - Excellent tour! We were on a Cruise Ship, so having this as a small tour group was a nice change. They got us to the castle early before the tour bus rush which allowed us to get up to the stone quickly without too much wait. Informative guide. The whole experience was smooth and I would highly recommend booking!
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Steve_a
Aug 7, 2025
Beat the crowds to Blarney Castle - Small group experience. The most imoortant part of Blarney Castle experience is being there first or as close to first as possible. With a van for 20 people its much faster than 50+ passenger bus. This makes all the differebce. Gets you first to Blarney Stone and then gives you plenty of time to view the castle abd grounds. Noah and Neal for were a fantastic driver and guide team that made this excursion 5 stars all the way.
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Amanda_t
Aug 2, 2025
This was a great tour.... - This was a great tour. The guide gave us lots of information and best of all, we got to Blarney Castle before the other tour groups. We had plenty of time to tour the castle, shop and have lunch. I highly recommend this tour!
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Jonathan_m
Jul 24, 2025
We’d repeat - The guide and driver Tim and Tony did a good job, they answered questions and were very knowledgeable about the area and made great recommendations, like “if your mobility is not good don’t go up to kiss the stone.”
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Christine_w
Sep 13, 2025
Misleading information - Wasn’t the vehicle they advertised! Were told it would be small group and it wasn’t! Couldn’t find the bus and either could anyone else on the bus! We were all misled! Weren’t looking for a white bus and no one was there to help us!!
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Barbara_k
Aug 16, 2025
Disappointed! - I was disappointed at this excursion because it was not the one I paid for. The excursion was supposed to be a small group of 25 in a luxury van with air conditioning. We were in a bus with 34 people and very little relief from the heat. Also, nothing against our tour guide who was knowledgeable but we could not understand most of what he was saying.
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Vivian_b
Sep 14, 2025
Not as Promised-do not book - Poor - rating should be 0. A large bus arrived for a large group 31+ people with no explanation of what happened to the small group tour in a small van. No wifi, no water, no tour of the town or cathedral. We arrived and parked quite a distance from the Blarney Castle and had to walk about 15 minutes to stand in 1.5 hour line to get to the top. We were given no information on the Woolen Mills and by the time we walked back from the castle we needed to be on the bus. The distillery tour was great but overall a disappointing tour.
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Nemocrownie
Sep 13, 2025
Do not book this tour!! - Do not book this tour. Nothing was as advertised. It was NOT a small group tour in a van. We were on a chartered tour bus with a large group. We did not see or do anything we were supposed to except Blarney Castle and Jameson Distillery. We did not have wifi or bottled water on the bus *as stated), we did not receive a narrated tour and, most disappointing, we did not get into Blarney Castle until after the ship's Tours and at least another 5 tour groups so we had over an hour long wait. We were supposed to be on the bus 15 minutes early and leave promptly at 8:00 am, we did not leave until 8:25. We were really looking forward to this tour, and I spent the day being upset. The bus, tour guide and itinerary were not as stated, not even close.
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