Grace OMalley, Irish Pirate Queen 

Man, giving birth DURING a battle and then getting up right after and going out to fight… I can see why she was extra protective of that kid.

How has her story not yet been adapted for film or TV? i would gladly watch a good show about her in Netflix or HBO

I read a book about her when I was 17, they called her Grainnuaile in the book and made her sound pretty badass. From my understanding she only joined the battle after she gave birth because she was so frustrated from hearing her soldiers struggle without her leadership that she went into a flying rage at them for not being about to do it without her.

This is so freaking cool. Makes me wonder how many more stories of badass women in the past have been buried by the history written by men.

She definitely needs her own mini series. I can’t say that I agree with all of her tactics, but I think she is definitely somebody we could all learn from.

When I was in junior high, over 20 years ago, I was obsessed with Grace O'Malley. I did my big World History presentation on her, and she and Boudicca have been close to my heart ever since. I'm so glad her story is still being told today.

Aw Lindsay I remember requesting this a couple of years ago! Thank you so much for taking an interest in Irish history! There’s a hotel in Galway that Grainne used to own too, the castle is called the Abbeyglen and they still lay out a dinner for her at her own table every night same as Howth😊

My Irish ancestors are from the Mayo area. It was fascinating to learn about Grainne Ni Mhaille. I had never heard about her before. Thanks Lindsay!

it was a really wise move from elizabeth the I to make Grainne Ni Mhaille her ally instead of her enemy tbh 👍🏻

Irish ladies have such beautiful names. There is an Irish singer who was born Eithne Padraigin Ni Bhraonain. She is better known by her Anglicised first name, "Enya". I loved her song, "Orinoco Flow".

Now THIS lady... THIS lady is badass.

She's amazing. Thank you for sharing her story.

Perfectly timed as a 17th birthday gift, thank you Lindsay⚘️

I literally can't!! Just when I think this channel can't get better 🥰

Fascinating. My mum was Irish so it’s great to hear anything about Irish history. 🙂

I'm Irish and this woman makes me proud to be Irish, I'm also an O'Flaherty so it was interesting for me to find out about.

What a badass! Why isn't her story a movie or series?

So amazing. If anyone wants more pirate queen (albiet fictional) I'd recommend the book The adventures of amina al sirafi by shannon chakraborty. Although very different in setting i just love the fullness of the women's lives. Their pirate and family life both make them badasses.

WHERE IS THR TV SHOW ABOUT HER LIFE. I was laughing with delight to learn about her. Thank you so much for making these videos and helping people learn about amazing history!!

I love how her and Queen Elizabeth connected.

Hail to the one TRUE pirate queen, Grace O'Malley!

Her story should definitely be turned into a movie or TV series

Back in the late '70s, Bertrice Small wrote a series of books based on Grace. It was called 'Skye O'Malley'. Of course it was quite fictionalized, but very entertaining. I must say that was probably my favorite book for the last 40 years. I think I need to re-read it.

Wonderful story, fabulously told. Thank you. I will gladly raise a glass to this Queen! 🍻

So excited to see this one! After diving in to our family ancestry we found out that we are descends of Grace on my fathers side. My Great Grandma was an O’Malley🍀

Powerful lady is an understatement.

I’ve never heard of her. Fascinating. Thanks.

Wow! Grace o' Malley was a very impressive pirate queen! ❤👑❤ What I found the most impressive is the fact that she gave birth in battle and then just headed back into battle as if nothing had happened and the fact that she went to go see Queen Elizabeth I directly. And you know you're respectable when even the Queen of England is impressed by you. And I can't help but find it fitting that the two queens passed away in the same year. Queen Grace is another perfect example of a woman who commands respect. 💕

My O'Neal ancestors come from the Isle of man so proud of my Irish lineage thank you for this story! It's an English country in the Irish sea so my mom and dad's lineage comes from there that's what I mean.

Omg! Your channel is absolutely terrific!!! New suscribe here, cheers from Chile, 🇨🇱. My English is not good but understanding your pronunciation is very easy for me, so thank you so much, I'm a fan of Tudor and Marie Antoniette 😅

Wonderful video!!! ☘️ Just a note on the pronunciation of Gráinnes surname, the letters M+H together make a “V” sound as we don’t have a letter V in Irish and the “Á” makes an “aw” sound. The “Í” in Ní makes an “eee”sound so altogether Gráinne Ní Mháille is pronounced as “Grawnya Knee- Vawlia” (depending on region of Ireland and dialects etc)

I'm so glad you made a video about her! I spent years trying to figure out my family history, and I'm so happy to find out that one of my ancestors was a badass pirate ❤

This is the first time hearing about Grace O Malley. Why don't you hear more about her?

Her descendants are still alive and have noble titles and are the marquesses of Sligo although these titles do not have any power in the republic of Ireland. And the statue is a bronze casting of a statue made by the brother in law of the 11th marquess. She was buried in the family tomb on Clare island. We probably would've known more about her but the O'Malley dynasty family book has been lost and so much of what we know is from English sources and Irish folk tales. Many of the drawings in the video depict what Irish people traditional would have worn in the 16th century before and during the reign of Henry the 8th who in fact banned the wearing of Irish dress.

“Richard, I dismiss you.”

I saw the play. Her story is amazing.

As someone who 'supposedly ' has family ties to this woman it is absolutely WILD to hear stories about her and probably explains my fascination witg one piece 😂

I'm an O'Malley and my family are all from Mayo , I enjoyed watching and learning about Grace what a great lady 🥰

I really appreciate most of the paintings of beautiful , regal looking red haired women depicting Grace. Thank you for this interesting bit of history.

My family visited Westport where her ancestors lived. The basement of the manor house as a section that was supposedly the dungeon of her castle. It was quite eerie in there and cold. I could believe it was true.

My last name is O’Malley and regardless of relation or not Grace has always inspired me 😊

Grace is surly a role model!

Hail Granuille; the Pirate Queen!

This should be a tv show, what an insane story.

Wow, what an amazing woman!

Pirate Queen Awesome !!💖

Amazing, inspirational woman! 👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💚💚🇮🇪🇮🇪

ahhh, could you talk about a great woman in Brazilian history? such as Chica Da Silva, Maria Tomásia Figueira Lima, Chiquinha Gonzaga, Maria Quitéria and others. Please.

She was a badass❤ I enjoyed learning about her

My mother named her one-eyed rescue shih tzu Grace after her. 💚

She was my great great great great.... you get the picture...grandmother! My Dad is from the Gaeltacht and we learn our entire family line by heart and she is my direct relative! Thought that was really cool!

My grandmother, who is from Ireland, is descended from Grace :) They are all from County Mayo on her side as well! Her maternal side, to be sure.

DISNEY NEEDS TO GIVE ME MY IRISH PIRATE *QUEEN* MOVIE ASAP!!!! 😍🥰

Irish Pirates: holy sh*t these Algerian dudes are kicking our arse! Queen Grainne: **hold my baby**

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO, not another Hugh de Lacy! That was a shocker. I didn't know that about her. Really good details about her that was captured. Great video!

💚💚💚🍀🍀AAAHHHH Grace O’Malley. Her story deserves to be known.🍀🍀💚💚💚

My kind of Disney princess. 😊

Wow! Thoroughly enjoyed this story…thank you for sharing 🤗

Sounds like the heroine Skye O'Malley from Beatrice Small's book titled the same name.

OH MY GOODNESS I CANT BELIEVE I DIDN'T SEE THIS INSTANTLY I LOVE HER!!!!!!

I hope "Our Flag Means Death," pays tribute to her in the show!!!

I live in Ireland and I think I heard of this story before in school

Your vids are so thorough. 70 years of Piracy!!! Amazing

I am related to her this is my first look into her story and wow I'm amazed. Thank you for sharing this. My maiden name is Maggie O'Malley

The story about how she taught the Baron manners by kidnapping his grandson is one of those little historical gems.

5:57 had me rolling 😭😭

Ok I'm so annoyed I didn't know about her sooner what amazing women

Fascinating video

Love your videos!! Thank you so much for sharing!!!!

I am named after her!

As someone who’s Irish, I love learning about Irish history! Also, Grace might just be my new fictional crush. She’s a total badass!

Just a comment to say Lindsay was shouted out on Princess Weekes latest video (on bridgerton). I love when my fave RU-vidrs love each other!

She was a beast she even butched the english n went in front of the queen n wouldin neal coz no one was here king or queen irish in a bottle proper savage love u grace u did our country proud🇮🇪🇮🇪

Grace's first husband was the basis for Skye's first husband in the series; his name was the same and his personality was as well; it was a great series and there were even books about one of her daughters and granddaughters, and one of her brothers as well.

Best St Patrick's Day gift ever! 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀

Wow! I have to learn more about the Irish and their history.

I literally JUST got done watching a documentary about Boudica, so this video coming now is PERFECT for a kick-ass Celtic women marathon! Yoooo, that "Hen's Castle" business is amAzing!! haha

Gráinne Ní Mháille would be pronounced Grawn-ya Knee Vawl-ya/ Wallya The Vawlya/Wallya is dependent on accent so either is fine. Thanks for another vid

This was very interesting. Thank you for posting the video.

This was wonderful to watch! Many greetings from Grainne’s neighbour county, Limerick!

Let’s hear it for feisty Irish lasses! ☘️ Slainte!

This was fascinating, thank you so much I enjoyed this

Yesh!!!! She was a BADASS.

Just one note on the pronunciation, it should be like Grawnya knee Vawl-ya

She reminds me of Merida from Disney Pixar’s “Brave”. Instead of archery it’s seafaring.

God bless! Prayer here when wanted loves ❤

Proud to be Irish! 🍀

It amazes me how rare Queens, female chieftains, or rulers Ireland has had, both in myth and history. Aside from Grace, the only other woman I can think of to hold the title of Queen in Ireland (Grace earning the honorary title of Pirate Queen) is Queen Maeve (Medb) of Connacht from the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. She is famous for her cunning and wit, as well as for besting arguably Ireland's most well-known mythical hero, Cu Chulainn, in war. Strange how the area of Connacht gave rise to two of the most fierce women in Ireland; must be something in the water around there.

What a fascinating woman! Thank you for telling her amazing story.

❤ one of my favorites

Some of her descendants, the Browne's who were Marquis of Sligo, owned the magnificent Westport House in Sligo until a few yrs ago. The 2nd Marquis lead a v colorful life becoming a leading abolitionist n helping bring slavery in Jamaica to an end. Author Anne Chambers has a good biography on Grace

I'm from Tampa, FL and one of our Gasparilla Krewes is named after Grace O'Malley! Can't wait to see this!

I was named after this Bamf! (Maube I should start using Grainne instead though?)

FUN FACT : Most Americans (not of Irish decent) CURRENTLY denies the Irish slave trade in America and bullies Irish slave descendants for speaking of the fact. Despite all of the human rights violations against our people, they call us slave owners and tell us that we owe them money for slavery repreations, because they denied that we were ever enslaved in America. 😢 They tell us that being Irish means that you owe appreciations.. wow it won't even let me put a comment saying the (REP WORD.. I tried five times I can't type the word it keeps changing it )even though the Irish were not considered white until the late 1900s. God bless the Irish. Such a strong and humble people. One day we can be proud of our heritage again

Oh I've been waiting for you to do an Irish one Lindsey Xxx

That was so cool to learn! I also liked that Queen Elizabeth gave her the respect she deserved when they met. Side note: Is Captain Sara Fortune from League of Legends inspired by her?

I’m Irish and love this happy early St. Patrick’s day from Zoe

Loved this one thank you!

I’ve read a bit about her and this video is laid out so well. Love her. Thank you for sharing!

Wow! What an amazing woman!