Welcome to the Grace O'Malley Web Site

Author ANNE CHAMBERS welcomes fans to the official website of Ireland’s Pirate Queen - Grace O’Malley.

Fearless leader by land and by sea, political pragmatist and tactician, rebel, pirate and matriarch, the ’most notorious woman in all the coasts of Ireland’ GRACE O’MALLEY challenges and manipulates the turbulent politics of the 16th century.

Breaching boundaries of gender imbalance and bias, she re-wrote the rules to become one of the world’s first documented feminist trail-blazers.

In GRANUAILE - the original best-selling biography of this historic icon, from rare and exclusive contemporary manuscript material ANNE CHAMBERS draws Ireland’s great pirate queen in from the vagueness of myth and legend and presents the historical reality of one of the world’s most extraordinary female leaders.

 

★Eleanor, Countess of Desmond (1545-1638) and her Sligo Connection★


The Abbey's very own Trad-Fusion duo - the Cloister Boys - will play from 1:30 a.m.; talk begins at 2:30. Bring a brolly, just in case!

Eleanor’s biographer, the acclaimed author Anne Chambers, presents the life of this extraordinary woman and her association with County Sligo.
Eleanor Countess of Desmond (1545-1639)

2024 is the 400th anniversary of an impressive burial monument which was installed in Sligo Abbey in 1624. The monument commemorates one of history’s most remarkable, if forgotten, heroines, Eleanor Butler, Countess of Desmond, as well as her second husband, Sir Donogh O'Connor.

Lady Eleanor was an active participant in a period of immense social and political upheaval, chaos and change, to save her family and inheritance, Eleanor’s heroic efforts become embroiled in the final struggle between the outmoded world of Gaelic Ireland and the acquisitive Machiavellian world of Tudor England.

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https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/eleanor-countess-of-desmond-1545-1638-and-her-sligo-connection

 

 

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Author Anne Chambers with presenter Brendan O'Scanaill Connemara Community Radio on the occasion of a programme about her life as a biographer.. to be broadcast Sunday 13 July at 7p.m.

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Fearless leader by land and by sea, political pragmatist and tactician, rebel, pirate and matriarch, the ’most notorious woman in all the coasts of Ireland’ GRACE O’MALLEY challenges and manipulates the turbulent politics of the 16th century

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Grace O'Malley: The Biography of Ireland's Pirate Queen, 1530-1603 is the sole published biographical account of Grace O’Malley, sourced from original manuscript material, both in public and in private domain. For the latter, the author, Anne Chambers, had sole and exclusive access. Much of this material was located and decyphered in its original form (i.e.16th century manuscripts) by the author and is exclusive to her book. Furthermore, the presentation, opinions and analyses in the book are exclusive to the author. The author reserves all her rights in this book. No part of her book may be reproduced or utilised in any form or media, written or oral, or by means digital, electronic or mechanical, including photographic, film, video recording, photocopying, or by any information storage and retrieval system. Permission from the author and publisher must first be obtained to reproduce any part of or quotations from the book. Any transgression in this regard will be addressed. For more information, comments or enquiries please contact: Info: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Copyright © 2022.

 

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