The Pirate Queen Who Ruled The Irish Sea? | Grace O'Malley | Gráinne Ní Mháille

The 16th century was marked by male privateers, male politics, and the fear of not having a male heir for every throne in Europe. But an Irish noblewoman would go far beyond what was expected of her sex and time, becoming a leader, a rebel, become known as a a pirate, a mercenary, and the undisputed matriarch of her family - Grace O'Malley, or Gráinne Ní Mháille, her proper Irish name. This video looks at her life, her achievements, and the mark she left forever in history as 'The Pirate Queen'...


Sources and Related Books:

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 'Grace O'Malley' - https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10....

Pirate Queen: the Life of Grace O'Malley by Judith Cook - https://amzn.to/3TpwC8X

Grace O’Malley: The Biography of Ireland’s Pirate Queen 1530–1603 by Anne Chambers - https://amzn.to/47ZOoDz


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