http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/betrayed+the+town+to+the+pirates+to+save+his+own+skin IrishCentral betrayed the town to the pirates to save his own skin en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/irishrootscafe/irish-slaves-taken-to-mecca-125834708.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/irishrootscafe/irish-slaves-taken-to-mecca-125834708.html Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:05:13 PDT Irish Taken and Sold as SlavesOn June 20 Algerian pirates from the Barbary Coast slaughtered and enslaved inhabitants from a village in Cork, Ireland Over 100 inhabitants were takenTo make matters worse, an Irishman from Dungarvanby the name of Hacket, betrayed the town to the pirates to save his own skinWho were the pirates ?This bloody band of pirates put the village in flamesand took as many as possible as slaves READ MORE ]]>