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WHAT DID QUEEN ELIZABETH THINK OF GRACE O’MALLEY? The Elizabethan documents remarkably give a glimpse of what Queen Elizabeth thought of Grace O’Malley. Elizabeth granted Grace what she had requested. The documents avoid explicit references to Grace’s pirate activities. Grace … Continue reading →

GRACE O’MALLEY MEETS QUEEN ELIZABETH. My father used to tell us at the dinner table that Grace O’Malley had come to England to meet Queen Elizabeth. I am afraid that I always was inclined to think that this was part … Continue reading →

PHILIP SIDNEY’S FATHER MEETS GRACE O’MALLEY. Sir Philip Sidney (the poet) and his father, Sir Henry Sidney, who was the Lord Deputy of Ireland, had a meeting with Grace O”Malley. Anne Chambers quotes Sir Henry: “There came to me also … Continue reading →

GRACE O’MALLEY THREATENS QUEEN ELIZABETH’S REPRESENTATIVE. Annalisa gave me for Christmas GRANUAILE by Anne Chambers, a biography of Grace O’Malley, the pirate queen. Since there are many legends surrounding Grace O’Malley, it is good that there is good documentary evidence … Continue reading →

GRACE O’MALLEY. THE PIRATE QUEEN may not last long on Broadway, but I am glad to see Grace O’Malley receiving attention. This Wikipedia article says that “Grace O’Malley (c. 1530 -c.1603) [was] an important figure in Irish legend but was … Continue reading →

MY WARLIKE HERITAGE—VIKINGS AND O’MALLEYS. I posted here about the theory that my father expressed from time to time at the dinner table, that our ancestors had in common that rather than fight for their land, they had moved to … Continue reading →

“HIDDEN MEDIEVAL DOOR LEADING TO SMUGGLERS’ CAVES DISCOVERED UNDERNEATH SCOTTISH CASTLE.” Given the popularity of stories about smugglers and pirates on western coasts of the British Isles (Poldark—Cornwall; Outlander—Scotland; and, of course, Ireland—Grace O’Malley, the Pirate Queen), this caption is … Continue reading →

ELIZABETHAN RECORDS THAT WERE “ALMOST UNTOUCHED”. Fifty years ago, I had concluded that scholars had gone through all the evidence in major archives so that the historian’s task was primarily interpretation. So it’s not surprising that I have posted a … Continue reading →

A DANISH PIRATE QUEEN. I posted here about Grace O’Malley, the subject of the musical, The Pirate Queen. My father used to tell us about her at the dinner table. His mother was an O’Malley and he claimed we were … Continue reading →