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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 Dutchmen, Algerians, and Ottoman Turks.
In the summer of 1631 Baltimore fell victim to a sensational attack by pirates. The raid on Baltimore, immortalized in verse by the poet Thomas Davis, was the worst-ever attack by Barbary corsairs on the mainland of Ireland or Britain.
Dec 27, 2022 · On this day in our Driscoll family history, 20 June 1631, Baltimore [Ireland] fell victim to a what has become remembered as, a horrendous attack by pirates on the sleeping village of Baltimore, known as 'The Sack of Baltimore'.
The sack of Baltimore, the only recorded instance of a slaving raid by corsairs in Ireland, was part of a wider pattern across Europe, encompassing not only the entire Mediterranean region but also the Atlantic seaboard as far north as Iceland.
Sep 2, 2020 · Horror descended on the southern Irish fishing village of Baltimore during the summer of 1631, when locals were attacked and kidnapped by pirates. The residents of the village, near Cork, were then sold into slavery in northern Africa.
Nov 25, 2021 · In June 1631, Barbary and Turkish pirates stormed ashore near Baltimore, a small village on the southern tip of County Cork, Ireland. Led by notorious pirate captain Morat Rais, the brigands captured almost all the villagers and dragged them away to be sold in the slave markets of North Africa.
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Jan 18, 2013 · The pirates that came to raid Baltimore were led by Morat Rais, born Jan Jansen in Holland in 1570. A privateer for the Dutch, Rais, or so some believe, had the misfortune to encounter Barbary pirates off the island of Lanzarote.
