Although a journalist by trade rather than a historian this is thoroughly well-researched. All -20 men and 87 women and children- were destined for the Badistan Slave Market in Algiers.ĭes Ekin describes this book as a ‘labour of love’. A month later on the 28th of July, after a sea journey back to the Mediterranean, they learnt of their fate. In the early hours of the 20th they attacked the village of Baltimore, setting fire to homes, stealing what they could and taking 107 of the local population as captives. On the 19th June 1631 two armed vessels under the command of Morat Rais, a Barbary corsair (pirate)rounded Kinsale Head off the coast of County Cork. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.The remarkable story of the Irish coastal village sacked by Barbary Pirates in 1631 A true story of 17th century piracy and slavery, told in an accessible style.
Shortlisted for the Argosy Irish Nonfiction Book of the Year Award. "The Stolen Village" is a fascinating tale of international piracy and culture clash nearly 400 years ago and is the first book to cover this relatively unknown and under-researched incident in Irish history. Des Ekin's exhaustive research illuminates the political intrigues that ensured the captives were left to their fate, and provides a vivid insight into the kind of life that would have awaited the slaves amid the souks and seraglios of old Algiers. The Sack of Baltimore was the most devastating invasion ever mounted by Islamist forces on Ireland or England. The old city of Algiers, with its narrow streets, intense heat and lively trade, was a melting pot where the villagers would join slaves and freemen of many nationalities. The prisoners were destined for a variety of fates - some would live out their days chained to the oars as galley slaves, while others would spend long years in the scented seclusion of the harem or within the walls of the Sultan's palace.
They captured almost all the villagers and bore them away to a life of slavery in North Africa. In June 1631 pirates from Algiers and armed troops of the Turkish Ottoman Empire, led by the notorious pirate captain Morat Rais, stormed ashore at the little harbour village of Baltimore in West Cork.
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