Old Head of Kinsale Lighthouse, Co. CorkThe Old Head of Kinsale carries a weight of history that few Irish headlands can match. An Iron Age promontory fort once stood here. In 1915, the Lusitania was torpedoed just off this coast, with the loss of 1,198 lives. The lighthouse has marked the tip of this narrow peninsula since 1853, warning vessels away from the very waters that claimed so many. I waited through a long, still dusk for this. The swell was running hard enough to send white water