Pirates of the CarraigínThe inspiration behind Robert Louis Stevenson's classic pirate tale Treasure Island, this is the long lost and almost forgotten true story of how two murderous pirates ended their days swinging in a gibbet on a small island off the coast of Dublin. From the busy streets of London to the exotic island of Tenerife via the vile slave markets on the western coast of Africa it tells of how a band of pirates murdered all those aboard a ship, stealing a treasure that was being secretly transported back to England and how they nearly got away with it... |
Contents
The Age of Reason | 10 |
Conspiracy | 37 |
The Passengers | 54 |
Captain George Glas | 65 |
The Voyage | 91 |
Murder bloody murder | 104 |
Escape | 119 |
Capture | 133 |
Evidence | 146 |
Justice | 158 |
Notes and References | 180 |
Pamphlet | 184 |
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