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Crookhaven

County Cork

A remote Irish harbour where pirates came to rest and trade.

In the early 1600s, remote harbours in south-west Cork such as Crookhaven and Leamcon became bases for English pirates, who came ashore to sell their loot, drink and repair their ships, with locals happy to trade. Captains such as Henry Mainwaring spent time here.

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When
1600s
Where
51.4700, -9.7300
Group
Pirates

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A small harbour village near Mizen Head, Ireland's most south-westerly point.

Cover of Blood and Gold by Cale Mills
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Blood and Gold

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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