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. ”
Kā par šo notikumu stāstīts grāmatā Blarnejas akmens, atnācēji tika sagaidīti ar ” garām un saldām runām un daudziem solījumiem, kas tā arī palika tikai solījumi ”.