Sir, - My wife and I recently visited Blarney Castle. We were shocked at the amount of graffiti and disrepair we found and the apparent lack of any effort to encourage visitors to respect this significant historical site. The huge number of tourists who go to Blarney each year must be, like us, wholly disappointed with the presentation of this historic site, compared with sites such as Newgrange and the Blaskets. There was no tour guide and no effort to inform the tourist of the history of the area. It seems that no one cares.
Has anyone any plans to improve the site or will the abuse just be allowed to continue? - Yours, etc., Mark Bonham,
Church Street, Dublin 7.