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Anne Bonny

Near Kinsale, County Cork

An Irish girl who became one of the most famous women pirates.

Anne Bonny is believed to have been born near Kinsale around 1697, the daughter of a lawyer and his maid. The family moved to America, where she married a sailor and ran off with the pirate 'Calico Jack' Rackham.

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When
Born c.1697
Where
51.7060, -8.5220
Group
Pirates

Visiting

Kinsale is a colourful harbour town with a strong maritime history.

Cover of Blood and Gold by Cale Mills
From the book

Blood and Gold

Anne Cormac was born on 8 March 1697 in County Cork, Ireland, the illegitimate daughter of a lawyer, William Cormac, and a maid in his household, Mary Brennan.

Sixteen true stories of mutiny, mercy, treasure and the gallows from the Golden Age of Piracy: Henry Every, Bartholomew “Black Bart” Roberts, Edward England, Howell Davis, Christopher Moody, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Charles Vane, Benjamin Hornigold, Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet, Israel Hands, Calico Jack, Edward Low, Captain William Kidd and Samuel “Black Sam” Bellamy. Where the record is uncertain, the book says so.

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