House of the week: Hospitality replaces hostage-taking at Baltimore's Cove

There's been a recent history of hospitality at The Cove, by the Beacon road in West Cork’s Baltimore, exemplified by this home/B&B called the Slipway – but hospitality wasn’t always the flavour of the day.

The Cove is also when one of the most notorious hostage raids in Irish history occurred, when Algerian raiders visited in 1631, sacked houses locally, and pulled startled sleeping men, women and children from their beds.