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Grace O’Malley: Pirate, Chieftain, Traitor? 

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Kate O’Malley and Abie Philbin Bowman explore the fact, fiction and folklore surrounding famed ‘Pirate Queen’ Grace O’Malley. Did she really meet Queen Elizabeth I? Did she really kidnap the Lord of Howth’s grandson? How did she navigate the expansion of British power in Ireland? And just how many types of marriage were allowed under Gaelic law? All will be revealed as we track Grace’s journey from Trad Wife to Girl Boss.

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Irish Imperial Lives

From workhouse girls to colonial Governors, and from Tangiers to Tasmania, Kate O'Malley and Abie Ph 
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