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Ireland's pirate trail : a quest to uncover our swashbuckling past / Des Ekin.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Dublin : The O'Brien Press, 2021.Description: 368 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781788492454 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.164 23
LOC classification:
  • DA948.A2
Summary: Bloodthirsty buccaneers and buried treasure, fierce sea battles and cold-blooded murders, Barbary ducats and silver pieces of eight. Des Ekin embarks on a roadtrip around the entire coast of Ireland, in search of our piratical heritage, uncovering an amazing history of swashbuckling bandits, both Irish-born and imported. 'Ireland's Pirate Trail' tells stories of freebooters and pirates from every corner of our coast over a thousand years, including famous pirates like Anne Bonny and William Lamport, who set off to ply their trade in the Caribbean. Ekin also debunks many myths about our most well-known sea warrior, Granuaile, the 'Pirate Queen' of Mayo.
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Non Fiction The Harden Library, King's Hospital General 941.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available R17961L0499

Originally published: 2018.

Bloodthirsty buccaneers and buried treasure, fierce sea battles and cold-blooded murders, Barbary ducats and silver pieces of eight. Des Ekin embarks on a roadtrip around the entire coast of Ireland, in search of our piratical heritage, uncovering an amazing history of swashbuckling bandits, both Irish-born and imported. 'Ireland's Pirate Trail' tells stories of freebooters and pirates from every corner of our coast over a thousand years, including famous pirates like Anne Bonny and William Lamport, who set off to ply their trade in the Caribbean. Ekin also debunks many myths about our most well-known sea warrior, Granuaile, the 'Pirate Queen' of Mayo.

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