When the deputy sent officers to try to convince MacCarthy to swear allegiance to the queen, they were greeted, according to the story as related in the book The Blarney Stone, with “long, eloquent, cajoling speeches, promising much but delivering little. ”
في النهاية ،‏ كما تتابع الرواية ،‏ ذهب ممثل الملكة اليزابيث هو بنفسه الى ماكارثي ليتفاوض معه .‏