Jonny Gray - Everything You Don't Need To Know!The Day Carrickfergus Lough became French.
To understand why a French privateer named Francois Thurot invaded a small town just miles from Belfast, you must look past traditional clichés. Thurot was a privateer essentially a state sanctioned pirate carrying a ‘Letter of Marque’ from the French King, Louis XV. His attack on Carrickfergus in February 1760 represents one of the most audacious bizarre, and terrifying episodes in Ulster’s maritime history. It caused absolute panic, forced the British military to look foolish, and […]
