Revealing the pirate republic

Des Ekin’s new book is filled with all sorts of tales from Ireland’s pirate past, writes Esther McCarthy.

Revealing the pirate republic

Des Ekin’s new book is filled with all sorts of tales from Ireland’s pirate past, writes Esther McCarthy.

As a youngster, author Des Ekin would bemoan the idea that there were no colourful, swashbuckling pirates in his homeland, and that all the plundering and villainy was carried out in more exotic waters.

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