Kinsale: What the information books gained’t let you know

“Are you married, single or dwelling in Kinsale?” That is an expression usually heard round Cork’s picturesque coastal haven, often accompanied with a twinkling arched eyebrow or roguish wink. The truth that the phrase’s origins derive from colonial days when officers and servicemen had been billeted within the 16th-century Charles Fort, safely other than locals within the city, has been neatly usurped in favour of a contemporary legend hung upon a peg of hedonism that performs properly to guests.