Pirates of the Carraigin

The 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, this is the story of how a band of pirates murdered all those aboard a ship, stealing a treasure that was being secretly transported back to England before secretly burying it and how they nearly got away...