5/30/2023 0 Comments The stolen village by des ekin![]() ![]() Many slaves were ‘condemned to the oar’ – meaning they were forced to work the galley ship. The children were separated from their parents during the journey to Algiers. ![]() The pirates didn’t just kidnap adults – around 50 children were also captured. Most of them were English settlers, but there were also several local Irish people. The unfortunate villages had become used to having to put up with pirates coming to their village but nothing prepared them for the horror of June 20 1631.ĭutch, Algerian and Ottoman Turk pirates launched a covert attack and captured 107 villagers. Nine ships and around 400 men were based at Leamcon, while pirates were also active at nearby Sherkin Island, which was right on Baltimore’s doorstep. There was a base at Leamcon, which was across the bay from Baltimore. I just felt I had to tell their story.”ĭuring the early 1600s, the southern coast of Ireland was rife with pirates. And this just bowled me over, because these were real people – not just statistics from a history book. ![]() Another man lost his two children and his pregnant wife. He said: “I stumbled on a list of the people who were taken into slavery. The story is told in the book ‘The Stolen Village: Baltimore and the Barbary Pirates’ by Des Ekin.Įkin told the Irish Times about his time researching the book. The Irish Famine - the boy who was buried alive ![]()
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