Grace O'Malley was a notorious sailor, captain, plunderer, mercenary, rebel, pirate, wife and mother from County Mayo in the 16th century. Born in 1530 in the tower above, she was the scourge of Ireland's west coast (mostly directed at the English) at a time when women left the kitchen only to give birth. The O’Malley family were hereditary lords of the Mayo coast and Grace the most famous member of the family. But she has been written out of Irish History because she made peace with the English to gain release of her son from an English prison.
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