The lonely castle of Doona, Fahy Strand, Ballycroy which, for a time, was seized by Granuaile from the MacMahons in revenge for the killing of her lover, Hugh de Lacy.
In 1588 one of the Armada ships, La Rata Encondorado, foundered near the castle.
GRANUAILE TRAIL no 10.
Bermingham Tower, Dublin Castle where in 1578 Grace O'Malley was held as a political prisoner for 18 months.
Bunowen Bay and the Hill of Doon, Ballyconeely, in the Barony of Ballinahinch, Connemara.
In 1546 Grace O'Malley married Donal O'Flaherty, chieftain of the barony of Ballinahinch and tanaist to the senior O'Flaherty chieftain of Connemara. Donal's castle of Bunowen was situated close to the ruined 18th century MacGeogegan Castle, the family that later displaced Grace's O'Flaherty grandson from his ancestral lands during the Cromwellian confiscations of the 17th century.
Grace had three children with Donal viz. Owen, Murrough and a daughter named Margaret
In 1564 Donal died in a tribal dispute with the Joyce Clan clan on whom Grace extracted her revenge by seizing their castle in Lough Corrib.
Anne is guest on the Moncrieff Show on NewsTalk 106 on Wednesday 7 September to discuss the subject of her most recent biography - Dr T.K. Whitaker - whose centenary occurs in December.
KILDAWNET CASTLE, Achill Island, overlooking the Sound, one of many strategically contstructed stone towers built by the O'Malley Clan to control the waterway linking Blacksod Bay to Clew Bay.
