Ireland's Pirate Trail

Preface 11

Part I

East by Sou'-East 17

1. Pirate Pilgrimage the First 18

Dalkey, Tramore, New Ross, Dublin

On the Trail of McKinley's Gold 21

2. Pirate Pilgrimage the Second 42

County Meath

'I'll Make You Officers … in Hell.' 44

3. Pirate Pilgrimage the Third 54

Wexford Town

William Lamport, the Wex-Mex 'Zorro' 56

4. Pirate Pilgrimage the Fourth 66

Saltees, Dublin City, Rush

The Three Privateers and the Rebel Yell from Rush 69

Part II

South by Sou'-West 91

5. Pirate Pilgrimage the Fifth 92

Waterford, Roaring Water Bay

'He Led Them in a Carol, Then Clapped Them in Irons'95

6. Pirate Pilgrimage the Sixth 105

Kinsale, Carolina, Caribbean

Anne Bonny, Scourge of the Caribbean 108

7. Pirate Pilgrimage the Seventh 123

Cork City, Brazil, Boston

The Strange American Odyssey of Peter Roach 129

8. Pirate Pilgrimage the Eighth 143

Berehaven, Leamcon, Baltimore, Valentia Island

The Hellhounds of Dog's Leap and the

Pirate Armadas of West Cork 145

9. Pirate Pilgrimage the Ninth 166

Castleisland

The Framing of William Marsh169

Part III

West by Nor'-West 189

10. Pirate Pilgrimage the Tenth 190

Clare Island

Grania Mania 194

11. Pirate Pilgrimage the Eleventh 221

Broad Haven

The Admiral, the Pirate, the Chieftain and his Daughters 225

12. Pirate Pilgrimage the Twelfth 233

Killybegs

'Twenty Good Men Could Cut Their Throats' 237

13. Pirate Pilgrimage the Thirteenth 251

Dunfanaghy, Achill Island

The World's Most Wanted Man 254

Part IV

North by Nor'-East 271

14. Pirate Pilgrimage the Fourteenth 272

Portrush

Black Tom, the Scummer of the Sea 275

15. Pirate Pilgrimage the Fifteenth 283

Carrickfergus

'I Drew My Sword for the Rights of Men' 285

16. Pirate Pilgrimage the Sixteenth 294

Belfast, Holywood, Bangor, Donaghadee

Pirates and Belfast Lough 296

17. Pirate Pilgrimage the Seventeenth 308

Rathlin, Inishowen, Howth, Strangford, Dublin

The Viking Pirates, the Irish Slavemaster and

the Captive Princess 313

18. Pirate Pilgrimage the Eighteenth 330

Ringsend

The Puzzle of the Ouzel 334

Acknowledgements 349

Source Notes 351