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1. • • The Viking sea raiders came to plunder and enslave, and stayed to found our capital city. In the early 1600s, a new wave of freebooters, often based in North Africa, occupied much of west Cork and turned it into a virtual pirate republic.
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   How did piracy start in Cork?

   • In the early 1600s, a new wave of freebooters, often based in North Africa, occupied much of west Cork and turned it into a virtual pirate republic. Often, piracy was a valid form of political protest: no more so than in Co Wexford, where the revolutionary William Lamport (known as “the Irish Zorro”) began his career.

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   Where were the pirates based in West Cork?

   • The places picked by the pirates as their bases were spatially strategic and three harbours in particular dominated this West Cork landscape—Baltimore, Leamcon and Crookhaven.

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   Why did the pirates come to West Cork?

   • The historical backdrop to the arrival of the pirates into West Cork was the ongoing second phase of the Munster Plantation. The first phase began with the murder of Gerald FitzJames Fitzgerald in 1583, the 14th Earl of Desmond, and the defeat of the Desmond Rebellion.

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   How did piracy start?

   • In the centuries in between, piracy took on many forms. In the west and southwest, the O’Malley, O’Flaherty, O’Sullivan and O’Driscoll pirate clans ruled the waves. The Viking sea raiders came to plunder and enslave, and stayed to found our capital city.

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   When was piracy first recorded?

   • The first documented instances of piracy are recorded over 3400 years ago in the Mediterranean sea. Parchments from 286AD show Roman commander Carausius was given command of the ‘ Classis Britannica’, the Roman British fleet, to deal with pirates operating off the coast of France. It is very likely these same pirates plied Irish waters.

   The pirates and smugglers of Spike Island Cork - John Crotty

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   Why did pirates leave Ireland in 1616?

   • Many pirates appealed to King James I for pardons and he agreed, allowing pirates to keep their freedom (and their loot) in return for walking away from the life of piracy and most had taken this option by 1616. The remaining pirates chose to move elsewhere with little prospects of success in Ireland.

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3. www.atlasobscura.com › articles › secret-irishHow a Secret Map Brought Down a Pirate Alliance on the Irish ...

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   Sep 29, 2020 · Drawing on contemporary sources, Kelleher estimates that up to 1,000 of these men established bases in the towns of Baltimore, Crookhaven, and Leamcon (near the town of Schull) in western County...

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   May 8, 2018 · In the early 1600s, a new wave of freebooters, often based in North Africa, occupied much of west Cork and turned it into a virtual pirate republic. Often, piracy was a valid form of political...

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   Feb 6, 2023 · The first documented instances of piracy are recorded over 3400 years ago in the Mediterranean sea. Parchments from 286AD show Roman commander Carausius was given command of the ‘ Classis Britannica’, the Roman British fleet, to deal with pirates operating off the coast of France.

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   Oct 11, 2020 · Cork City. A secret map of Ireland's coastline played a crucial role in taking down a powerful alliance of pirates that had based itself in the southwest of Ireland in the 17th century.

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   Oct 31, 2013 · The business of piracy in Munster formed part of an established illicit trading network that operated to the socio-economic benefit of all those involved. A vibrant regional economy supported an operation that focused on black marketeering of goods brought directly ashore by the pirates in their ships, into the main ports and harbours there or ...

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9. www.irishtimes.com › culture › booksAlliance of Pirates: peaceful west Cork was once a notorious ...

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   Jun 17, 2020 · The townspeople of Kinsale may have seen it rather differently: in the decade after the battle, west Cork achieved international notoriety as a centre of piracy and a safe haven for the...

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    May 16, 2022 · The Alliance of Pirates: Ireland and Atlantic piracy in the early seventeenth century is a pioneering, landmark study, expertly researched and written by underwater and maritime archaeologist Connie Kelleher.