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"Lessee...there was a big haul of Viking gold they say is buried up there on the coast of some land of ice. Don't much like cold, me. I'd rather stay down here in the Caribbean. And there are tales of treasures on magical isles in England and Ireland. Glastonbury, Camelot, Avalon, that sort of thing."
―Jack Sparrow to Christophe-Julien de Rapièr[src]

Ireland was an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe. It was separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles, the third-largest in Europe, and the twentieth-largest in the world. The geography of Ireland comprised relatively low-lying mountains surrounding a central plain, with several navigable rivers extending inland.

From the 5th century onwards, the island was Christianised, during a period in which Ireland was divided into many petty kingships under provincial kingships vying for dominance. In the late 8th century to early 11th century AD, Viking raids and settlement took place until the ending of Viking power in Ireland. Following the 12th century Anglo-Norman invasion, England claimed sovereignty. However, English rule did not extend over the whole island until the 16th–17th century Tudor conquest, which led to colonisation by settlers from Britain. In the 1690s, a system of English rule was designed to materially disadvantage the Catholic majority and dissenters, and was extended during the 18th century.

History[]

During the Golden Age of Piracy, John Avery, with his fortune and without the rest of his fleet, sailed for Ireland. He disappeared from history, one of the few rich pirates to escape justice.[4] Anne Bonny was born in Dublin, Ireland.[1]

There were also tales of treasures on magical isles in England and Ireland, as discussed by young Jack Sparrow to the French pirate Christophe-Julien de Rapièr.[5] Several years later, during the quest for the Shadow Gold when Jack was captain of the Black Pearl, Diego de Leon once lied to a soldier in Spanish by saying he heard that Princess Carolina took passage on a ship bound for Ireland.[6]

By the late 1720s, George Augustus became the King of Great Britain and Ireland,[2][3] though real power laid within the British administration in Ireland.[citation needed] As Captain Jack Sparrow and Joshamee Gibbs were recruiting a line of hopeful sailors at a cantina in Tortuga, a man of Irish descent signed the roster and joined the crew of the Black Pearl.[7]

Behind the scenes[]

Ireland was first mentioned in the souvenir book for Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean.[4] Although an Irishman appeared in the 2006 film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest,[7] Ireland was first mentioned in-universe in the 2008 book Legends of the Brethren Court: The Caribbean.[6]

Damian O'Hare (Gillette) and Barry McEvoy (Carruthers) were born in Ireland.

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Notes and references[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (junior novelization)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Story of the Robust Adventure in Disneyland and Walt Disney World
  5. ↑ The Price of Freedom
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Legends of the Brethren Court: The Caribbean, 182
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
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