Wheel turns again for historic mill

THERE’S been plenty of history pass the door of Brownsmills in its 400-plus years of existence — including the bloody skirmishes of the 1601 Battle of Kinsale right on its doorstep — but the past few years have practically been as dramatic as any.
Just rescued after a purchase from a receiver after an initial salvation job had sadly ground to a halt, this mill conversion is now in better heath than at any time in its centuries of existence.