Baltimore, County Cork
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Baltimore is a village in western County Cork, Ireland. It is the main village in the parish of Rathmore and the Islands, the southernmost parish in Ireland. It is the main ferry port to Sherkin Islan
Baltimore in 2005
Baltimore Beacon, also known as Lot's wife
Sack of Baltimore
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The sack of Baltimore took place on 20 June 1631, when the village of Baltimore in West Cork, Ireland, was attacked by pirates from the Barbary Coast of North Africa – the raiders included Algerians a
Baltimore, County Cork
…market and two annual fairs. After Crooke's death, political control of the town passed to Sir Walter Coppinger. The town was depopulated in 1631 in the Sack of Baltimore, a raid by Barbary pirates from either Ottoman Algeria or Salé (Morocco). Between 100 and 237 English settlers and local Irish people were abducted and…
Entrance to Baltimore bay
Slave market in Algiers, 1684
Baltimore Bay on the south coast