reasearch on pirate Queen grace O mally?

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Gráinne Ní Mháille, also known as Granuaile or Gráinne Mhaol, known in English as Grace O’Malley (c. 1530 -c.1603) is an important figure in Irish legend but was in fact a larger than life figure from 16th century Irish history. O'Malley is sometimes called 'The Mother of all Rebellions' for her part in many Irish rebellions

Grace was born into early 16th century Ireland, in 1530 when Henry VIII was on the throne of England. Under the policies of the English government at the time, the semi-autonomous Irish princes and lords were left mostly to their own devices. However this was to change over the course of her life and the Tudor re-conquest of Ireland gathered pace.

Grace was the daughter of Owen Dubhdarra O'Malley, chieftain of the O'Malley clan. The O'Malleys controlled most of what is now the barony of Murrisk in South-West County Mayo and recognised as their nominal overlords the gaelicised anglo-norman Burke or de Burgo family who controlled much of what is now that county. Unusually among the Irish nobility of the time, the O' Malleys were a great seafaring family and taxed all those who fished off their coasts, which included fishermen from as far away as England. Their leader bore the ancient Irish title of The O' Malley.

According to Irish legend, as a young girl Grace wished to go on a trading expedition to Spain with her father, and on being told she could not because her long hair would catch in the ship's ropes, cut off her hair to embarrass her father into taking her, and thus earning her the nickname "Gráinne Mhaol" (IPA: [ˈgrɑːnʲə veːl]) (Irish maol meaning "bald" or having cropped hair); the name stuck.

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Marriage to O'Flaherty
Grace was married in 1546 at a young age to Donal an Chogaidh (Donal of the Battle) O'Flaherty, tánaiste or heir to the O'Flaherty title. Grace bore three children during this marriage:

Owen: Grace's eldest child and son, known to be extremely kind and forgiving. When Owen was in his late twenties, or early thirties, Richard Bingham tricked him and, as a result, Owen was murdered and Bingham and his troops took over Owen's castle. It should be noted that Bingham could simply have thrown Owen out of the castle, or into an English prison.
Margaret: Sometimes called 'Maeve', Margaret was, much to Grace's disappointment, 'very feminine'. She married and had several children. Grace and Margaret's husband were supposedly very close, and more than once Grace's son-in-law saved her from death.
Murrough: Murrough was said to take after his father, Donal, as he enjoyed warfare. He was also sexist, many times beating up his sister, Margaret, and refusing to listen to his mother because of her sex. Many sources report that Murrough, who seems to have no sense of loyalty, betrayed his family and joined forces with Richard Bingham after the murder of Owen. When Grace heard of this, she swore she'd never speak to Murrough again for the rest of her life, though she would often insult Morrough.
Later the warlike Donal was killed in battle, and Grace recaptured a castle from the Joyces that had been his (now Hen's Castle in Lough Corrib). Grace afterwards returned to Mayo and took up residence at the family castle or tower-house on Clare Island.

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Second marriage
Grace later married a second time to Richard-an-Iarainn Burke, called "Richard-in-Iron", an appropriate corruption of his Irish name as he always wore a coat of mail. He was owner of Rockfleet Castle near Newport. According to tradition they married under Brehon law 'for one year certain', and although it is said that when the year was up Grace divorced Richard and kept the castle, they remained married for many more years until his death. Rockfleet remained for centuries in the O'Malley family and is today open to the public. They had one son, Tibbot Burke nicknamed Tiobóid na Long (Tibbot of the Ships). Tibbot was later given the title of Viscount Mayo.