ON THIS DAY: 20 JUNE 1631: A village in Ireland was taken into | United Celts
ON THIS DAY: 20 JUNE 1631: A village in Ireland was taken into slavery by north African raiders.
On that date in 1631, north African corsairs, or pirates, raided the village of Baltimore on the west Cork coast and took at least 107 of the villagers captive to be sold as slaves in Algiers.
Channel for all things Celtic. The Celtic nations are Mannin, Alba, Éire, Cymru, Breizh, and Kernow/Isle of Man, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Brittany, and Cornwall....
