We visited the Mills after the castle. A beautiful looking place, a nice history story to find out about. The shop is a wonderful place to browse around, so much lovely quality clothing to view. We had a light lunch next door which was ample and quite good The mills is a must place to spend time when your in the area

Best place to buy Irish sweaters. Loved the store in the old mill. Very close to Blarney Castle. Very large selection of sweaters, hats, scarves, gloves, socks and other related things. Got our order shipped for free and it arrived within 2 weeks of our arrival home.

Selection was excellent and the staff in each section we visited were friendly. Found casual and work attire. We tried the pub restaurant on the other side of the lobby and found our Guinness and fish fry. Sorry didn’t write the name down so I might be spelling it wrong. Bice the name was Christy’s. The staff there were attentive and friendly too.

This is a shopping mecca in Ireland. We took the bus from Cork in the poring rain just to go there, and I'm glad we did. Staff are very friendly and helpful, and were happy to mail my (extensive) purchases back home. The staff told be it usually takes 2-3 weeks y mail to the US; my package arrived in California in 10 days. A lot of tour buses stop there, and they have a big cafe; we had very welcome tea and light refreshments there.

This is a huge store right near Blarney Castle that has tons of nice wool stuff, as well as housewares, furniture, souvenirs, chocolate and alcohol, jewelry, and more! The store is fun to just look around in, even if you're not buying anything. The restaurant attached to it is a no-frills cafeteria type place that has a ton of indoor and outdoor seating and the turkey and cheese sandwich I got was a great little lunch.

If you want a great selection of Irish -made woolen goods (or other Irish souvenirs) this cavernous period factory store is an exceptional shopping experience. Blarney has much to choose from in styles and colors for men and women, all well-merchandised with uncluttered but well- organized spaces to shop over two large floors. The owner had a vision 50 years ago to re-employ those put out of work when the old mill closed, and he had a bit of experience with a small tourist shop near the Blarney Castle. Now the huge store and adjacent typical restaurants and hotel have made Blarney Woolen Mill shopping a complete visitor experience. All is exceptionally well-oriented to the visitor with interactive elements of the history and how to of the weaving industries and how the wool is gathered, spun and woven into beautiful garments. As someone with experience in American-styled visitor attractions both in the US, the UK and Japan, this experience rivaled the best of them in quality and visitor focus. Prices were reasonable and shipping is easily arranged. If you haven’t been excited by a shopping experience in some time, Blarney’s is worth the visit. The sandwiches at Christy’s pub were nice too. So glad we decided that the downtown Cork shopping was not what we were looking for on our one day cruise stop and that we ventured out to Blarney, 15-20 minute taxi ride to The Woolen Mills.