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BALTIMORE IRELAND
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Baltimore
is a small but busy
and lively port and popular sailing centre, south of
Skibbereen and facing onto Roaringwater Bay and Carbery's Hundred Isles. Regular ferries
operate from here to Cape Clear and Sherkin Islands.
The ruined castle which overlooks the harbour was a holding of the O'Driscolls, who were
one of the most important clans in West Cork. They controlled the fishing of the area and
could levy dues on all the fishing fleets who came to these rich fishing grounds.
An extraordinary event in the history of the town was a raid in 1631 by Algerian pirates,
when many of the inhabitants were slaughtered and about 200 others shipped off as slaves
to North Africa.
Baltimore has a reputation for fine boat building. The Saoirse, in which Conor O'Brien
sailed around the world in 1923, was Baltimore-built, there is a sailing school centre in
the village.
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Last modified:
Tuesday June 23, 2009
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