Wandering around Horse Island, visitors must take the utmost care lest they suffer the same fate as the numerous sheep that have fallen headlong to their doom down deep mine shafts, writes Dan MacCarthy.

WATER’S Edge does almost exactly what it says on the tin — it is a West Cork home with sea access, (but not quite frontage) its own moorings, and a south-facing coastline view across Rossbrin Cove to the remnants of an O’Mahony castle.