Word: cormac
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...deep into the stone is the name "Cormac McCarthy" and the date "A.D. 1446." But legend says it was in 1602 that Cormac McCarthy agreed to surrender Blarney Castle to the English and then put off doing so again and again until the situation changed and he was allowed to keep his castle...
...Cormac's skill in "blarneying" or "putting-off" the English lent to his stone its potent reputation...