Splash of colour for Scilly money in Kinsale Harbour

A traditional fisherman’s ‘cottage’ pushes the boat out in one of Kinsale’s most desirable addresses, says Tommy Barker.

Traditional Irish houses, both in country, and in towns and villages, often hit the colourful end of the paint palette on their exterior walls — though, often, looking at the lurid greens, Virgin Mary blues, and plethora of pinks, you’d have to wonder if the choice often times was down more to what was cheap (or, remaindered) in the local co-op store, rather than being down to an adventurous and playful sense of colour.