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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. The attack was the largest by Barbary slave traders on Ireland.
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.
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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.
Dec 27, 2022 · Uncategorised 27 December 2022 Hits: 854. The Sack of Baltimore. On this day in our Driscoll family history, 20 June 1631, Baltimore [Ireland] fell victim to a what has become known 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.
Jan 18, 2013 · By James Doherty. BALTIMORE, COUNTY CORK, Ireland — On the hillside above the town of Baltimore, faint sounds drifted toward William Harris, sleeping soundly in his bed. It was 2 a.m. when Harris awoke to the noises. The date was June 20th, 1631.
The perhaps most historically famous of the British and Irish slave raids was the Sack of Baltimore by corsairs from Alger toward the coastal village of Baltimore in West Cork in Ireland on 20 June 1631, which was the largest slave raid by Barbary slave traders on Ireland.
