1904
European Rest Cure produced
The Blarney Stone was involved in the earliest days of cinema.
In 1904, the Edison Manufacturing Co. produced a motion picture called “European Rest Cure”.
The hero visits Blarney and is so eager to kiss the Stone that he arranges to be dangled by his heels over the ramparts. Sadly his helpers lack a strong grip – and we see him disappear through the bottom of the screen (he does later recover!).
We’re rather more careful of our visitors nowadays...