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According to Patrick's autobiographical Confessio, when he was about sixteen, he was captured by Irish pirates from his home in Britain and taken as a slave to Ireland. He writes that he lived there for six years as an animal herder before escaping and returning to his family.
1985 – A Flag to Fly: Based on True Story of the St. Patrick's Battalion in Mexico 1847, by Chris Matthews; 1996 – The San Patricios, directed by Mark R. Day; 1997 – In the Rogue Blood, by James Carlos Blake, winner of Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction, 1998 – St. Patrick's Battalion, documentary film directed by Jason Hool
Patrick's Day, is a 2014 Irish drama film written and directed by Terry McMahon. St. Patrick: The Irish Legend, is a 2000 television historical drama film about the life of Saint Patrick (AD 387–463) who was born in Wales and who brought Christianity to Ireland.
This category is for people who survived capture. Some became pirates themselves, either voluntarily or under duress. For those less fortunate, see Category:People killed by pirates. Also included herein are people claimed to have been captured.
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The Lion of St. Mark: Italy Luigi Capuano: Gordon Scott, Gianna Maria Canale, Alberto Farnese: Set in the 1620 in the Mediterranean Sea Samson and the Sea Beast: Italy Tanio Boccia: Kirk Morris, Margaret Lee: 1964 Captain Clegg: United Kingdom Peter Graham Scott: Peter Cushing, Yvonne Romain, Patrick Allen: Also known as Night Creatures.
In 1776, a mulatto sailor is marooned on an island after assaulting the wife of pirate captain Nathaniel Clegg. By 1792, Clegg has supposedly been captured by the Royal Navy and hanged. His resting place is the coastal village of Dymchurch on the Romney Marsh. The surrounding countryside is home to the "Marsh Phantoms": figures on horseback who ...
St Patrick's Rock and light. St Patrick's Rock [1] or St Patrick's Stone [2] is located in the River Clyde (NS461724) close to the Erskine Bridge and the old Erskine Ferry on the Renfrewshire side of the river. [3] It is reputedly the location from which the 16 year old Saint Patrick was kidnapped by Irish pirates whilst he was fishing. [4]