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The O'Driscolls of Baltimore

Dún na Séad, Baltimore, County Cork

A pirate clan whose raids drew a fleet from Waterford in revenge.

The O'Driscoll clan ruled the coast around Baltimore and earned a living by charging passing ships and seizing their cargoes. In 1537, after they captured a ship carrying wine to Waterford, the people of Waterford sent a fleet, burned Baltimore and destroyed the O'Driscoll strongholds.

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When
1400s–1500s
Where
51.4840, -9.3690
Group
Pirates

Visiting

Dún na Séad castle is open in summer, overlooking Baltimore harbour.

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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