Pearce Hanley the Pirate of Roscommon - or Mayo

By Martin Flanagan
Updated August 1 2014 - 9:18pm, first published 8:26pm

Pearce Hanley is from the Irish town of Ballaghaderreen, which, according to maps nowadays, is in the county of Roscommon. But apparently on old maps – how old I cannot say – Ballaghaderreen is part of County Mayo.

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