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Grace O'Malley

1530 - 1603

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Gráinne O'Malley (Irish: Gráinne Ní Mháille, pronounced [ˈgˠɾˠaːn̠ʲə n̠ʲiː ˈwaːl̠ʲə]; c. 1530 – c. 1603), also known as Grace O'Malley, was the head of the Ó Máille dynasty in the west of Ireland, and the daughter of Eóghan Dubhdara Ó Máille. Upon her father's death, she took over active leadership of the lordship by land and sea, despite having a brother, Dónal an Phíopa Ó Máille. Marriage to Dónal an Chogaidh (Donal "of the war") Ó Flaithbheartaigh brought her greater wealth and influence, reportedly owning as much as 1,000 head of cattle and horses. In 1593, when her sons Tibbot Bourke and Murchadh Ó Flaithbheartaigh (Murrough O'Flaherty) and her half-brother Dónal an Phíopa ("Donal of the Pipes") were taken captive by the English governor of Connacht, Sir Richard Bingham, O'Malley sailed to England to petition for their release. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Grace O'Malley is the 7th most popular pirate (up from 28th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 116th in 2019) and the most popular Irish Pirate.

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Among PIRATES

Among pirates, Grace O'Malley ranks 7 out of 29. Before her are Hayreddin Barbarossa, Henry Morgan, Eric of Pomerania, Blackbeard, Ching Shih, and Calico Jack. After her are Anne Bonny, D. B. Cooper, Mary Read, Bartholomew Roberts, William Kidd, and Henry Every.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1530, Grace O'Malley ranks 4. Before her are Ivan the Terrible, Jean Bodin, and Yasuke. After her are Étienne de La Boétie, Jean Nicot, Uesugi Kenshin, Louis, Prince of Condé, Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Anastasia Romanovna, Ruy López de Segura, and Jan Kochanowski. Among people deceased in 1603, Grace O'Malley ranks 5. Before her are Elizabeth I of England, Mehmed III, William Gilbert, and François Viète. After her are Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress, Ahmad al-Mansur, Andrea Cesalpino, Maerten de Vos, Sharafkhan Bidlisi, Şehzade Mahmud, and Pierre Charron.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Grace O'Malley ranks 24 out of 549. Before her are Eddie Jordan (1948), Sinéad O'Connor (1966), George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence (1449), Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769), William Rowan Hamilton (1805), and Pierce Brosnan (1953). After her are J. D. Bernal (1901), W. B. Yeats (1865), G. E. M. Anscombe (1919), Anne Bonny (1702), Ernest Shackleton (1874), and John Field (1782).

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Among PIRATES In Ireland

Among pirates born in Ireland, Grace O'Malley ranks 1. After her are Anne Bonny (1702), and Edward England (1685).

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