Millstream makes waves

SKIRMISHES during the 1601 Battle of Kinsale took place in and around the wooded hills of Brownsmills, a literal backwater a mile outside the harbour tourist town.

Now, 400 years on, the town’s summer skirmishes are created by armadas of visiting trippers.

But, because it is a backwater, up Oystercreek, Brownsmills still has the feel of a place less visited, with development to date very limited and successfully blended in.