Baltimore (Cork)
Baltimore ( Irish Dún na Séad - castle of jewels) is one of the southernmost places in Ireland and a small port town southwest of Skibbereen in County Cork . The anglicized name comes from the Irish Baile an Tí Mhóir (place of the great house) and refers to the castle of the O'Driscoll (Irish Ó hEidirsceoil ). The clan ruled the area. Baltimore was attacked by Algerian corsairs on June 20, 1631 . Over 100 residents were dragged into slavery .
The pillar-like beacon Baltimore Beacon or Lot's Wife put up by the British government after the Irish rebellion of 1798 is worth seeing . In the harbor, the ferry to Schull (or Skull) on the Mizen Peninsula , which previously also calls at Sherkin Island and Cape Clear Island . Directly at the pier on Sherkin Island, the ruins of a Franciscan monastery from the 15th century can already be seen from the pier in Baltimore. Tourism attracts the water sports (diving) and some gourmet restaurants.
literature
- Des Ekin: The Stolen Village - Baltimore and the Barbary Pirates. The O'Brien Press, Dublin 2006, ISBN 978-0-86278-955-8 .
- Peter Harbison: Guide to National and Historic Monuments of Ireland . 3rd ed. Gill & Macmillan Publ., Dublin 1992, ISBN 0-7171-3239-0 , p. 60.
Web links
- Sack of Baltimore (English)
Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ N , 9 ° 22 ′ W