Granuaile, Ireland’s Pirate Queen , was ahead of her time but remains with us in legend. Escaping the constraints of femininity, Gráinne risked everything she had to live life she wanted, and rule the seas.

 

 

 

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Sources and Further Reading

 

• Granuaile: Ireland's Pirate Queen by Anne Chambers
• "Eighteen articles of interrogatory to be answered by Grany ne Malley" (Granuaile in her own words!)
• Anthologica Hibernica: 1, 2
• Folktales from Dúchas.ie
• Granuaile folk songs from Dúchas.ie

 

Music

• The Butterfly - Sláinte
• Shady Grove - Shake That Little Foot
• The Banshee, Gravel Walks, The Old Copperplate - Sláinte
• Celtic Blessing - Bonnie Grace
• Pretty Little Dog - Shake That Little Foot
• Jig of Slurs, Dublin, Reel, The Merry Blacksmith, The Mountain Road - Sláinte

 

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