The Ballad (Sack) of Baltimore

Original song by Chris Bolister about the Sack of Baltimore in county Cork , Ireland , in the year 1631 . The Sack of Baltimore took place on June 20, 1631, when the village of Baltimore, West Cork, Ireland, was attacked by Algerian pirates from the North African Barbary Coast. The attack was the biggest single attack by the Barbary pirates on Ireland or Britain.[1] The attack was led by a Dutch captain turned pirate, Jan Janszoon van Haarlem, also known as Murad Reis the Younger. Murad's force was led to the village by a man called Hackett, the captain of a fishing boat he had captured earlier, in exchange for his freedom. Hackett was subsequently hanged from the clifftop outside the village for his conspiracy.

[@sikousikou3187]

Correct ... Algeria was a naval force, not a pirate ... Greetings to our Irish friends.

[@faucondusud4656]

في ذلك الزمان كانت البحرية تسمى القرصنة و كانت شيء معترف به من طرف كل الدول

[@algerianhistorian6814]

@@faucondusud4656 انت علاش تخرط

[@Mohamedamazigh726]

Let me correct a small thing here, it was Corso (la course) a concept established by both Muslim privateers/corsairs and the Sublime porte (ottoman sultan) where pirates would pursue foreign ships (Christian ones). These corsairs had '' lettre de marque " from the sultan. Ofc, likewise in the Caribbean, one man's corsair is another man's pirate. From the point of view of any Muslim power they were mandated agents therefore considered as corsairs or privateers.. But from the Christians perspective they were just a bunch of pirates. This period of Algerian history is still ill known or badly understood. So yeah they were both : pirates and corsairs.. Semantics used to justify an economical & political act. PS : if I'm not mistaking, it was Murat Reis who raided Baltimore and fought the British there. Ofc everyone who was against the brits was considered as friend by the Irish!

[@aymen3561]

@@faucondusud4656 حبس ما تخرط يا الجاهل

[@abdelamadeus1572]

They were pirates u can like it or not

[@belmisof]

Algerians and Irish : friends for ever!

[@CozetteDE]

بلا ما تشيت يرحم والديك

[@jubaali3617]

7garnahum wesh men friends 😂

[@Yanis.84]

@@jubaali3617 machi 7na li 7garnahoum dzaïr 9dima li 7agrithoum

[@billl3704]

I love Irlande form Algeria🇩🇿 🇩🇿🇮🇪🇮🇪👍🏼🙂⚓️🛶⛵️🍀🍀🍀🍀🌴🌴🌴🌴

[@dzone3083]

Respect and love from Algeria to all irish . 👋

[@bouzianehamza4727]

Much respect to Irish people from Algeria, friends forever

[@dardar28ll]

From algeria, greetings and respect to the brave Irish people

[@iamazzeddine8781]

هذه الاغنية تتغنى بالبحرية الجزائرية التي فتحتها و حررتها الله عليك يا جزائر التاريخ و العراقة و الاصالة

[@ridhadrt7294]

انصحك بقراة التاريخ بالانجليزي البحارة اصلهم هولندي تحت حكن عتماني ..والغريب ان التاريج سجل الحادثة غزو اعتبروننا قراصنة

[@tahrislimanz7541]

باين متفهمش انجليزية راه يوصف في البحارة بالقراصنة و يقول بلي داوهم عبيد و جاو من افريقيا و قتلو و شردو حتى انهم ارخو الواعة كهجوم قراصنة ز عنوان اغنية اسمو خيانة القراصنة غرة بالتيمور

[@ridhadrt7294]

@@tahrislimanz7541 والله يأخي الجزائري تلقاه في مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي يحشر نيفو في كل شئ بدون علم ولا معرفة

[@user-uv6qx9hi7d]

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[@user-uv6qx9hi7d]

إنه يقول في الأغنية إن الجزائر أصبح سيدا علينا kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWqkZpquo7ycrdU

[@azoucnl1003]

We are watching from Algeria This embodies a picture from ancient history, and as Algerians we will not deny this and understand the difficulty of it We hope to overcome all this and work to build important relations for the two friendly peoples

[@kamelmerri3038]

Hello to our brothers irish

[@alidh6553]

على العكس نفتخر بها

[@beautifulalgeria4631]

Algerian pirates saved Baltimore from english

[@mouradguettal6596]

ما همش سامعين بيك خلاص ،واش موالف من لجدود تهبط راسك للأسباد😡😡😡

[@user-mh3ux6ho7u]

Look . On this means, when you want to kneel, kneel alone, and not kneel in the name of the Algerian people You are not qualified to be the representative of the Algerian nation

[@feteh.freundschaft]

The Sack of Baltimore Oh Blessed God! The Algerine is Lord of Baltimore! The Sack of Baltimore, Thomas Davis (1814-45) In the summer of 1631 Baltimore fell victim to a sensational attack by pirates. At that time the population consisted chiefly of settlers from England who had arrived some years earlier to work in the lucrative pilchard fishery under lease from the O'Driscoll chieftain, Sir Fineen O'Driscoll. Piracy was rife along the shores of West Cork, much of it of a home-grown variety; indeed the settlement's founder, Thomas Crooke, stood accused of involvement himself. However, the danger in this case was from much farther afield. On board two ships that left Algiers was a combined force of Dutch, Algerians and Turks under the command of one of the most successful leaders of Barbary pirates, a renegade Dutchman, Murat Reis the Younger. By the time they reached the coast of West Cork, more than 1,000 miles away, they had already seized a number of smaller vessels, imprisoning their crews. The captain of one was a Dungarvan man by the name of John Hackett. Reis' original target was probably Kinsale, but Hackett declared the harbour there 'too hot' to enter and in return for his freedom he offered to pilot Reis to the defenceless village of Baltimore. Undetected, the pirates anchored outside the harbour 'about a musket shot from the shore' late in the evening of 19th June. From here they launched an attack on the sleeping village before dawn the next day. The inhabitants were taken completely by surprise. More than 200 armed corsairs landed in the Cove, torching the thatched roofs of the houses and carrying off with them 'young and old out of their beds'. Moving on to the main village, the pirates took more captives before musket fire and the beating of a drum alerted the remaining villagers and persuaded Reis to end the raid. By that time more than 100 men, women and children had been taken. They were herded back to the ships, which bore them away from the coves of West Cork to the slave markets of North Africa. The raid on Baltimore, immortalized in verse by the poet Thomas Davis, was the worst-ever attack by Barbary corsairs on the mainland of Ireland or Britain. Most of the names in the official report sound English, but it is likely that there were also a few native Irish among the prisoners. What is certain is that very few of the 107 were ever heard of again (three women at most, who were ransomed up to 14 years after their abduction). The fate of the rest is unknown, but for many it would have been to end their days as galley slaves or concubines in the harems of Algiers. For his part Hackett was arrested and hanged on a clifftop outside the village. The Sack of Baltimore is fertile ground for conspiracy theories. They generally point the finger at the rapacious Sir Walter Coppinger who had been seeking to prise the village away from the O'Driscolls, oust the settlers and secure it for himself. Whether by accident or design, the pirates carried out part of this plan for him. In the aftermath of the raid the surviving villagers moved inland to Skibbereen and elsewhere in search of greater security and Coppinger's designs on the village were realised. The Sack marked the end of the 400-year reign of the O'Driscolls as overlords of Baltimore.

[@mouradbensaleh-wc8yn]

Algeria was a naval force not a pirates but soldiers

[@feteh.freundschaft]

@@mouradbensaleh-wc8yn I agree with you.

[@cryptocurrencyairdrop8749]

And as an Algerian i respect irish people too much greeting from oran .

[@bassamlitalianofrancais6224]

إن الجزائر أصبح سيدا علينا إن الجزائري يحكم بالتيمول🇩🇿🇩🇿

[@MorsliHocineFares2023]

More respect to the hero Irish people from the people of Algeria ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@rahiimpan9603]

Love from Algeria

[@zheref]

Excellent tune.

[@ChrisBolisterMusic]

Cheers Michael .

[@moait-kaci1462]

love you Irish! from an apologetic algerian 🤣🇩🇿

[@Malek-1TH]

Why apologize? You should be proud of it

[@-movies800]

@@Malek-1TH he is stupid , we are proud 🇩🇿🙏

[@ayoubnumidiadz]

Never be ashamed of your history, you should be proud of it !

[@revenger8744]

Why apologize? You should be proud

[@ouldlahoucinezohir9807]

​@@Malek-1THif you're proud then french should be too for 132 years of sack of Algeria

[@ginadams8474]

Algerian and married an Irish with two kids lol

[@madanicherfaoui9548]

Whats funny is that really the history is written by the victors, when Algeria along with the Ottomans ruled the whole Mediterranean they call us pirates but when the Europeans colonized Africa and Asia they call it civilization

[@Mat6701]

very true

[@revenger8744]

True

[@teksisjr9376]

We will come back soon, greetings from Algiers

[@hakimkouk8545]

Greeting from algeria 🙏

[@kinglaweass2146]

The big mourad rais ☠️😁

[@ridhadrt7294]

@@kinglaweass2146 rais he's originair from nietherland as a lot of solder they works under ottman empire

[@kinglaweass2146]

@@ridhadrt7294 this is you opinion

[@braveheart621]

@@kinglaweass2146 it is a fact of history not an opinion ,rother!

[@aminebenz1411]

@@kinglaweass2146 he was a dutch who converted to Islam and joined the Algerian naval forces.

[@condonjohn1518]

Here's an interesting historical connecting point for readers = The Algerian pirates weren't the only slavers around the North Atlantic in that period. The very first slave ship to bring slaves to America dropped anchor in Jamestown Virginia on August 20th 1619. Expecting the Royal Navy to protect them only confirms the naivete of the Irish down through the centuries in putting any faith in English maritime protection. "Perfidious Albion" has always treated the Irish as slaves or worse than slaves.

[@huaweiy9257]

Algerians was not pirates, they was a warriors defending their sea territories ! Europeans yes, they was a perfidious pirates and flibusters ! Hey rosbeef, shut up !

[@cancelervalorum2529]

Oh, these people were only offering a nice expanded holiday trip to the Irish, then. How uncharming to call this "slavery". I'm shure, the incident must have been a 'cultural misunderstanding'.

[@aminebenz1411]

Nope, it was hardcore slavery

[@themaskedman221]

It wasn't chattel slavery. Stop twisting the historical record.

[@chikichikes8998]

DZPOWER 🇩🇿 respect to Ireland

[@nadbest2007]

I am watching from Algeria

[@Samsam-rq7op]

I'm watching from Belfast

[@mohamedrx2943]

after lisning to this song i start to hate more the fact that am an algerien 😒😒😒i'm sorry for all irish people

[@lamineadjacreations895]

Respect to Irish people from Algiers the capital of Barbarian sailors

[@chaymabendida1438]

Algerians 🇩🇿🇩🇿

[@revenger8744]

we're not barbarians

[@kikonani7360]

i have never heard about it . how great lost history in north lands

[@mouradlaraba]

We will back again as harraga lool

[@user-uy2uz9tk8e]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@CozetteDE]

🥴 ضحكتني مبعد ضحكت على حالك المبكي .... هو يغني هلى الرجولة و القوة و السيطرة تع الجزايريين .... و أنت تأمل بالركوع تحت أرجلهم كحراق . ان شالله امك ما تقراش تعليقك ، راح تندم أنها جاباتك للدنيا

[@numidiachai2440]

I can't 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rgzstudioteam2125]

ALGERIA 🇩🇿💚

[@TimouOfConstantine]

There you go, a like from the country which in the past a group of men came and attack you .^^.

[@Samsam-gy5xq]

Respect for the Irish people. Algerian living in the North of Ireland 🇮🇪

[@ismailhaniche5276]

🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿 oh little Baltimore

[@maximilianos1224]

☘️🇮🇪❤️🇩🇿🌴

[@mohameddj3650]

From Algeria...we will come back one day, God willing ان شاء الله

[@cryptocurrencyairdrop8749]

Hhhhh ... الاستعمار يا صديقي يجب محاريته و ليس الدفاع عنه .... Greeting to free irland from Algeria

[@mohameddj3650]

@@cryptocurrencyairdrop8749 r u with us or with them? cause I infiltrated your page nd found tht u r from Algeria !!

[@dawaahinitiative-beta-1610]

We are sorry ... But it is necessary for england 😥😥😥😥😢 We Respected you

[@cryptocurrencyairdrop8749]

Algeria was a superpower and not pirates !!! You need to correct this ...

[@benaddounori1416]

1631 algeria 🫂🫂🇩🇿🇧🇷🤍🙏

[@itzz_sifou700]

شكون جا من تيكتوك 😂

[@algerian.38]

and we are always ready to stand up with the weak people, we are muslims we are not what the media talk about us, much love from north africa to all irish people

[@houssam6782]

ياودي زدمو ليهم لارلندا و داوهم عبيد و باعوهم 😂😂 راك تفهم ولا والو

[@SkanderTALEBHACINE]

Why we say Algerine and not Algerians? From Algeria

[@revenger8744]

Because in the ottoman period algeria had to demonyms which are algerian and algerine

[@ahmedantar2183]

Algeria 🇩🇿❤️❤️❤️

[@ismailhaniche5276]

1631

[@kinglaweass2146]

Sorry I'm form Algeria..the big Mourad rais

[@messnsen5545]

Some irish people may have relatives in Algeria. For a real friendship between irish and algerian people.

[@revenger8744]

It is said that there are algerian families of irish origin in here but i've never met any of them

[@fouaa]

💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💥💥🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@mustaphamezghiche268]

عطينكم طريحة عمي مراد كان مطيبكم

[@samir2200]

ربحنا لالمان في 82

[@yanishioun7462]

@@samir2200 😂😂😂😭

[@mustaphamezghiche268]

@@samir2200 حنا ليزالجيريان راك فاهم

[@chehboubhoussam6003]

خطفو غير الزواولة مادارو والو للجيش البريطاني ،خطفو الفقراء و باعوهم في دزاير للأمراء الأتراك

[@basemdz6516]

@@chehboubhoussam6003 الاسطول الجزائري اناداك حارب المستعمر البريطاني وخطفو بعض الايرلنديين من القرى الى الجزائر وبعدهم من المختطفين الايرلنديين قررو العيش في الجزائر وانجب الاولاد وعاش حياة افضل من إيرلندا وهناك اثنين او ثلات من الايرلنديين قرر العودة الى ايرلندا و الباقي قرر العيش في الجزائر افضل من البقاء في ايرلندا وجمع صدفات البحر

[@dawaahinitiative-beta-1610]

We came to give you your independence ,, but you Got we Wrong .. My relegion We're forced to help the weak ..

[@nailamellak7996]

😌🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿

[@Mat6701]

Now I unterstand why so many of my Irish fellow looks more to moors than I do

[@zenaguiboubakeur887]

🇩🇿 🇨🇮

[@giseven833s8]

🇩🇿💪💪

[@baltimore664]

We'll be back again 😂

[@baltimore664]

@Freedy Gonzales my gf is Irish I meant what I said 😂

[@romeysadake]

As harraga lol

[@samslim6493]

That's bfore 106 come to algeria

[@eel6365]

Turks do it again

[@mohameddj3650]

Algeria not turkey

[@huaweiy9257]

They are Algerians, not Turkish ! The algerian navy was leading by ottomans on the beginning only, but after 1600,Algerians take the command of the national navy and they were never pirats, but they was the fighters of few !

[@cherif150]

Was geht ab?

[@nazimedinlatoui9422]

The Algerian is here 😼🇩🇿😂

[@revenger8744]

😂 we are the masters 🇩🇿😎