O'Malley, Grace

The Oxford Companion to Irish History | 2007 | 700+ words | Copyright

O'Malley, Grace (c.1530–c.1603), alias Granuaile, legendary pirate‐queen of Connacht, celebrated in popular tradition as a nationalist heroine and now a feminist icon. She married first Donal O'Flaherty, and later Richard ‘ Iron Dick’ Bourke, but was a power‐broker in her own right due to the unique naval power of the O'Malleys. Despite clashes with the crown, which imprisoned her in 1577–9, she urged her husbands and sons to seek accommodations with the encroaching state. While in London in 1593 with other Connacht notables complaining about Bingham's government, she petitioned the queen for a grant of lands, because under Gaelic law she was not entitled, as a widow, to any part of her husband's estate.

Hiram Morgan

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