Irish Women Pirates. Part Three - Anne Bonny & Mary Read

In this episode Rab and Kerry explore the life and world of Ann Bonny an Irish pirate in the Caribbean, and her swashbuckling buddy Mary Read. It is a tale of adventure, death and cursing women. Enjoy!

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Music: Achaidh Cheide by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Craton, Michael. “The Role of the Caribbean Vice Admiralty Courts in British Imperialism.” Caribbean Studies, vol. 11, no. 2, 1971, pp. 5–20. Accessed through JSTOR

Cuncic, Arlin "What Is the Mandela Effect? 20 Examples and Explanations", in verywellmind.com, Jan 2024

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Bonny

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_piracy 

 

Jeffries, Stuart. "Woke the plank! Were pirate ships actually beacons of diversity and democracy?", in The Guardian, April 2023.

 

Dawdy, Shannon Lee, and Joe Bonni. “Towards a General Theory of Piracy.” Anthropological Quarterly, vol. 85, no. 3, 2012, pp. 673–99. Accessed through JSTOR