Dr Kat and Grace O'Malley

Grace O'Malley (Granuaile) is known by many as Ireland's Pirate Queen - but what is known of this remarkable woman? Where does the myth give way to the facts?

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Pages from The National Archives:
1. Copy of Sir Henry Sydney’s account to Sir Francis Walsingham (when Lord Deputy of Ireland) he discusses his meeting with Grace O’Malley (catalogue reference: SP 12/159 f.27d)
2. Grace’s petition requesting that the queen help settle her rights to sufficient maintenance, July 1593 (Catalogue reference: SP 63/170 f. 204)
3. First page of the 18 interrogatories to be answered by Grace O’Malley (catalogue reference: SP 63/170 f. 201)
4. A page giving Grace’s answers to four of those interrogatory questions (catalogue reference: SP 63/170 f. 202)

Quoted texts:

Anne Chambers biography of Grace O’Malley - Grace O'Malley: The Biography of Ireland's Pirate Queen 1530–1603 with a foreword by Mary McAleese: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Y...