A secret map of Ireland's coastline played a crucial role in taking down a powerful alliance of pirates that had based itself in the southwest of Ireland in the 17th century.

And Pawel's got the camera gear to weather the storm, too. He used the mighty Nikon Z9 and a pro-grade Nikon Z 100-400mm ...

Cape Clear Island, located just off of Co Cork in the beautiful southwest coast of Ireland, is one of the 15 Gaeltacht islands where Irish remains the primary spoken language of the local population.