Many locals also denied access to Old Head

EAMONN O’NEILL (Irish Examiner letters, August 2) says he is disgusted because I, speaking on behalf of the Free the Old Head of Kinsale Campaign, had the audacity to criticise the denial of public access to that most magnificent headland.

It has been sealed off from public view since an elitist golf links was built there in 1997.

Mr O’Neill’s letter is full of references to “outsiders, rent-a-crowd, trespassers” and other such terms. Thus, Mr O’Neill believes only those living in the immediate vicinity of a scenic gem like the Old Head of Kinsale are entitled to enjoy it. Pity, then, most of the local people are locked out just as I am.