Grace OMalley, Irish Pirate Queen
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- Gráinne Ní Mháille or Gráinne O'Mháille known as
Grace O’Malley in English was raised aboard her father’s ships. Her charisma then won her the loyalty of her husband’s men. Together they traded and marauded the rouged west coast of Ireland. They feuded with other clans until the English came to take over the nation. Gráinne and her English nemesis nearly destroyed each other until she went over his head and met directly with Queen Elizabeth I to get a royal sanctioned piracy license.
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Man, giving birth DURING a battle and then getting up right after and going out to fight… I can see why she was extra protective of that kid.
Trans people take note; this is a real woman!
Absolute Madlass.
How has her story not yet been adapted for film or TV? i would gladly watch a good show about her in Netflix or HBO
Same here
Yesssss!
There was a broadway show based on her life a while ago - the pirate queen). It wasn’t that good, but it did introduce me to this fascinating woman! (And did have a few beautiful songs)
I'd love to see it too. It's a pity she is virtually unheard of.
It would make a great series like 'The Crown' showing her as a young woman, as an older mother and as a crone. Featuring Eliz I and a lot of other people from the era. It would be lush.
I read a book about her when I was 17, they called her Grainnuaile in the book and made her sound pretty badass. From my understanding she only joined the battle after she gave birth because she was so frustrated from hearing her soldiers struggle without her leadership that she went into a flying rage at them for not being about to do it without her.
I mean ANYONE(women or no)WOULD, it means that SHE carried the team essentially, ik it's a stereotype to have a "star player" but it's actually a downgrade as without that player, your screwed
Aw Lindsay I remember requesting this a couple of years ago! Thank you so much for taking an interest in Irish history! There’s a hotel in Galway that Grainne used to own too, the castle is called the Abbeyglen and they still lay out a dinner for her at her own table every night same as Howth😊
It's great, right!? And now I know what the "O" in your surname denotes... learn something new everyday!
I love this story, just as I love the Irish so very much. I hope that I can visit Ireland someday and experience the majestic beauty of Erin for myself!
This is so freaking cool. Makes me wonder how many more stories of badass women in the past have been buried by the history written by men.
There are wonderful stories of smart women who didn't conform or resisted their circumstances through the ages and throughout the world, their stories have indeed been suppressed by male writers of history for fear of women getting above their station😢. The Internet has been great for allowing us to discover what would be suppressed or rewritten.
She definitely needs her own mini series. I can’t say that I agree with all of her tactics, but I think she is definitely somebody we could all learn from.
My Irish ancestors are from the Mayo area. It was fascinating to learn about Grainne Ni Mhaille. I had never heard about her before. Thanks Lindsay!
As are mine, family lore says I am related to the Pirate Queen
Me too!! An O’Malley here :)
it was a really wise move from elizabeth the I to make Grainne Ni Mhaille her ally instead of her enemy tbh 👍🏻
Perfectly timed as a 17th birthday gift, thank you Lindsay⚘️
Happy Birthday Manuela
17th🎈🎈🎂🎈🎈
Thank you guys🌹
Happy late birthday
Happy Belated Birthday!
I literally can't!! Just when I think this channel can't get better 🥰
When I was in junior high, over 20 years ago, I was obsessed with Grace O'Malley. I did my big World History presentation on her, and she and Boudicca have been close to my heart ever since. I'm so glad her story is still being told today.
She's amazing. Thank you for sharing her story.
So amazing. If anyone wants more pirate queen (albiet fictional) I'd recommend the book The adventures of amina al sirafi by shannon chakraborty. Although very different in setting i just love the fullness of the women's lives. Their pirate and family life both make them badasses.
Sounds cool thanks for the rec!
Irish ladies have such beautiful names. There is an Irish singer who was born Eithne Padraigin Ni Bhraonain. She is better known by her Anglicised first name, "Enya". I loved her song, "Orinoco Flow".
What a badass! Why isn't her story a movie or series?
there's a musical
Good question. There needs to be a movie or TV series for Grace O' Malley.
it reminds me of the disney Brave movie, with princess Merida
Fascinating. My mum was Irish so it’s great to hear anything about Irish history. 🙂
Yeah, i'm irish and find irish history truly fascinating, too
Now THIS lady... THIS lady is badass.
WHERE IS THR TV SHOW ABOUT HER LIFE. I was laughing with delight to learn about her. Thank you so much for making these videos and helping people learn about amazing history!!
Wouldn't that be great.
Back in the late '70s, Bertrice Small wrote a series of books based on Grace. It was called 'Skye O'Malley'. Of course it was quite fictionalized, but very entertaining. I must say that was probably my favorite book for the last 40 years. I think I need to re-read it.
I am the fourth generation in my family to read Bertrice Small’s books, and if I’m being honest, Skye is my favorite of all of her heroines!
Fun fact on that though! The main reason Bertrice created Skye is that she originally wanted to write a novel based on Grace, but found that Grace didn’t go much beyond Ireland, and Bertrice wanted to write something that would span into the Middle East & England for an extended amount of time - and also France! So she created Skye instead.
ahhh, could you talk about a great woman in Brazilian history? such as Chica Da Silva, Maria Tomásia Figueira Lima, Chiquinha Gonzaga, Maria Quitéria and others.
Please.
Ohhhh Xica. I remember the telenovela about her wayyy back in the day❤
Wonderful story, fabulously told. Thank you. I will gladly raise a glass to this Queen! 🍻
Omg! Your channel is absolutely terrific!!!
New suscribe here, cheers from Chile, 🇨🇱.
My English is not good but understanding your pronunciation is very easy for me, so thank you so much, I'm a fan of Tudor and Marie Antoniette 😅
Hail to the one TRUE pirate queen, Grace O'Malley!
I'm Irish and this woman makes me proud to be Irish, I'm also an O'Flaherty so it was interesting for me to find out about.
Her descendants are still alive and have noble titles and are the marquesses of Sligo although these titles do not have any power in the republic of Ireland. And the statue is a bronze casting of a statue made by the brother in law of the 11th marquess. She was buried in the family tomb on Clare island. We probably would've known more about her but the O'Malley dynasty family book has been lost and so much of what we know is from English sources and Irish folk tales. Many of the drawings in the video depict what Irish people traditional would have worn in the 16th century before and during the reign of Henry the 8th who in fact banned the wearing of Irish dress.
Wonderful video!!! ☘️ Just a note on the pronunciation of Gráinnes surname, the letters M+H together make a “V” sound as we don’t have a letter V in Irish and the “Á” makes an “aw” sound. The “Í” in Ní makes an “eee”sound so altogether Gráinne Ní Mháille is pronounced as “Grawnya Knee- Vawlia” (depending on region of Ireland and dialects etc)
Scrolled through to make sure someone mentioned this and was happy to see someone did.❤️
This is the first time hearing about Grace O Malley. Why don't you hear more about her?
probably because shes a women in history.
Because she was Irish.
Her story should definitely be turned into a movie or TV series
Read Skye O'Malley by Beatrice Small. It's a series.
I agree
Gráinne Ní Mháille would be pronounced Grawn-ya Knee Vawl-ya/ Wallya
The Vawlya/Wallya is dependent on accent so either is fine.
Thanks for another vid
My O'Neal ancestors come from the Isle of man so proud of my Irish lineage thank you for this story! It's an English country in the Irish sea so my mom and dad's lineage comes from there that's what I mean.
"Tell me you're American without telling me you're American"
Isle of Man is not Irish
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 'kin ell
English!
I’ve never heard of her. Fascinating. Thanks.
“Richard, I dismiss you.”
Sounds like the heroine Skye O'Malley from Beatrice Small's book titled the same name.
My family visited Westport where her ancestors lived. The basement of the manor house as a section that was supposedly the dungeon of her castle. It was quite eerie in there and cold. I could believe it was true.
How much you want to bet grace o mally loosely inspired the gal from brave
Pity they didn’t make Brave Irish based then
@@ArchangelAva yes it is I just meant her spunk might've been inspired by her a bit
@@Rebelartist83 absolutely, I see loads of similarities, it’s just a shame they didn’t go the whole hog
@@ArchangelAva yup like brave is still Celtic but highland Celtic a rowdy breed all their own haha my bunch is both Irish and Scottish but I love grace's story and I think she'd inspire anything but I think Disney just stuck with Scottish Celtic to avoid any stereotyping .but honestly I think lucky charms is doing that so whatever and grace's story is better than any crap from the house of mouse and her tale needs to be told and given like a pirates of the Caribbean style minus the fantasy and complete historical accuracy
As someone who 'supposedly ' has family ties to this woman it is absolutely WILD to hear stories about her and probably explains my fascination witg one piece 😂
I love how her and Queen Elizabeth connected.
I rlly hate to be that person, but Galway is pronounced (GAlway), not pronounced gaalway, no hard feelings, tho.
So excited to see this one! After diving in to our family ancestry we found out that we are descends of Grace on my fathers side. My Great Grandma was an O’Malley🍀
I’m related to Thomas O’Malley it’s so cool!!
@@maplesyrup6052 The alley cat?
@@maddie8983 yup lmao! I was wondering if anyone would catch it
I'm so glad you made a video about her! I spent years trying to figure out my family history, and I'm so happy to find out that one of my ancestors was a badass pirate ❤
Same here, my last name is O'Malley and I was always taught about her from my family they always said she's great grandma 😂
The story about how she taught the Baron manners by kidnapping his grandson is one of those little historical gems.
Powerful lady is an understatement.
Wow! Grace o' Malley was a very impressive pirate queen! ❤👑❤ What I found the most impressive is the fact that she gave birth in battle and then just headed back into battle as if nothing had happened and the fact that she went to go see Queen Elizabeth I directly. And you know you're respectable when even the Queen of England is impressed by you. And I can't help but find it fitting that the two queens passed away in the same year. Queen Grace is another perfect example of a woman who commands respect. 💕
Irish Pirates: holy sh*t these Algerian dudes are kicking our arse!
Queen Grainne: **hold my baby**
Just one note on the pronunciation, it should be like Grawnya knee Vawl-ya
FUN FACT : Most Americans (not of Irish decent) CURRENTLY denies the Irish slave trade in America and bullies Irish slave descendants for speaking of the fact. Despite all of the human rights violations against our people, they call us slave owners and tell us that we owe them money for slavery repreations, because they denied that we were ever enslaved in America. 😢 They tell us that being Irish means that you owe appreciations.. wow it won't even let me put a comment saying the (REP WORD.. I tried five times I can't type the word it keeps changing it )even though the Irish were not considered white until the late 1900s. God bless the Irish. Such a strong and humble people. One day we can be proud of our heritage again
She reminds me of Merida from Disney Pixar’s “Brave”. Instead of archery it’s seafaring.
Hail Granuille; the Pirate Queen!
I am begging to know your resources and sources for this video. Some of the names sound familiar and I wanna let my hyperfixation take over and deep dive into this. 👀
Pirate Queen
Awesome !!💖
Just a note... Mháille is not pronounced like Malley. It's pronounced similarly to "WAHL-yah".
I saw the play. Her story is amazing.
As an Irish person you’re pronouncing her name wrong in Irish but you’re close but off
I was named after this Bamf! (Maube I should start using Grainne instead though?)
Her name wasn't Grace, it's Grainne pronounced "Gran yey" Grace is the Americanised pronunciation.
Amazing, inspirational woman! 👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💚💚🇮🇪🇮🇪
The modern depictions of her are embarrassing tbh. They really took me out of the narrative.
My grandmother, who is from Ireland, is descended from Grace :) They are all from County Mayo on her side as well! Her maternal side, to be sure.
I am named after her!
Thats, Awesome! One of my best friends' middle names is after her!
She told Richard to bend the knee but knee is a Gaelic word so she'd need to marry a Gaelic man's for it to have been law
Just a comment to say Lindsay was shouted out on Princess Weekes latest video (on bridgerton). I love when my fave TH-camrs love each other!
My mother named her one-eyed rescue shih tzu Grace after her. 💚
DITO MY CAT COS WHEN SHE WAS A RESCUE BABY SHE WAS SUCH AFIGHTER AGAINST ALL THE ODDS, NOW SHE IS A 17LB MAINECOON CROSS AND WILL BE 15 AT XMAS, SHE STILL CARRIES ON LIKE A BADASS PIRATE QUEEN!
Wow, what an amazing woman!
Not a role model? I disagree. And I obviously need to take up two handed sword fighting.
I really appreciate most of the paintings of beautiful , regal looking red haired women depicting Grace. Thank you for this interesting bit of history.
How dare my father’s ancestors do that to my mother’s ancestors. That’s not cool
My last name is O’Malley and regardless of relation or not Grace has always inspired me 😊
TO GRACE OMALLEY the queen of the sea
I hope "Our Flag Means Death," pays tribute to her in the show!!!
Slow and bloody process? Sounds morbid!
Ok I'm so annoyed I didn't know about her sooner what amazing women
Can you please make a video about World War 1 and 2
I live in Ireland and I think I heard of this story before in school
My kind of Disney princess. 😊
Some of her descendants, the Browne's who were Marquis of Sligo, owned the magnificent Westport House in Sligo until a few yrs ago. The 2nd Marquis lead a v colorful life becoming a leading abolitionist n helping bring slavery in Jamaica to an end. Author Anne Chambers has a good biography on Grace
Westport is in Mayo. Nowhere near Sligo
DISNEY NEEDS TO GIVE ME MY IRISH PIRATE *QUEEN* MOVIE ASAP!!!! 😍🥰
Yes 😍
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO, not another Hugh de Lacy! That was a shocker. I didn't know that about her. Really good details about her that was captured. Great video!
She was a badass❤ I enjoyed learning about her
Too many people no longer appreciate Irish heritage 😢 I love mine ❤ 99% of Americans don't even know the Irish were slaves in America. It's disgusting. We are a proud people despite our ancestors pass of being enslaved in america, yet today we are being required to pay recreations when our own ancestors were slaves
Please do a video of Princess Scota ( Meritaten, daughter of Pharoah Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti).
Fascinating video
I'm an O'Malley and my family are all from Mayo , I enjoyed watching and learning about Grace what a great lady 🥰
Grace's first husband was the basis for Skye's first husband in the series; his name was the same and his personality was as well; it was a great series and there were even books about one of her daughters and granddaughters, and one of her brothers as well.
Nice to see a video relating to Ireland. I remember learning about her in school and we were taught this song. It's in Irish but the cartoon explains her story. P.S. I'm Irish from County Wexford. th-cam.com/video/0NdWZd4Gw44/w-d-xo.html&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE
I am related to her this is my first look into her story and wow I'm amazed. Thank you for sharing this. My maiden name is Maggie O'Malley
I literally JUST got done watching a documentary about Boudica, so this video coming now is PERFECT for a kick-ass Celtic women marathon!
Yoooo, that "Hen's Castle" business is amAzing!! haha
Where's the epic movie about this that I need to watch?? Meanwhile we keep getting remakes and reboots that nobody wanted, when so many cool bada$$ stories like this one could be on.
It amazes me how rare Queens, female chieftains, or rulers Ireland has had, both in myth and history. Aside from Grace, the only other woman I can think of to hold the title of Queen in Ireland (Grace earning the honorary title of Pirate Queen) is Queen Maeve (Medb) of Connacht from the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. She is famous for her cunning and wit, as well as for besting arguably Ireland's most well-known mythical hero, Cu Chulainn, in war. Strange how the area of Connacht gave rise to two of the most fierce women in Ireland; must be something in the water around there.
Uhh I just love this channel. I never though I would get excited for history, yet here I am. Keep up the amazing work Lindsay. 👍🏾💕😊
Love your videos!! Thank you so much for sharing!!!!
Wow! Thoroughly enjoyed this story…thank you for sharing 🤗
She was my great great great great.... you get the picture...grandmother! My Dad is from the Gaeltacht and we learn our entire family line by heart and she is my direct relative! Thought that was really cool!
Grace O'Malley was a minor character in one of the books of the Skye O'Malley series by Bertrice Small which is when I learned of her existence.
That was so cool to learn! I also liked that Queen Elizabeth gave her the respect she deserved when they met.
Side note: Is Captain Sara Fortune from League of Legends inspired by her?
except Elizabeth screwed her over.
Supposedly, I am related to Grace O Marley and have ancestors from Clare Island
Empresses of Russia 🇷🇺?
Grace is surly a role model!
This was very interesting. Thank you for posting the video.
Wow! I have to learn more about the Irish and their history.
This was fascinating, thank you so much I enjoyed this