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Grace O'Malley: The Pirate Queen Who Defied Elizabeth I
Long before the Flight of the Earls or the Plantation of Ulster, one woman carved her own legend on the wild Atlantic coast of Ireland. Grace O'Malley — Gráinne Ní Mháille — was a chieftain, a ship captain, and a pirate who faced down the English crown on her own terms. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore her 16th-century world: the Ó Máille dynasty of County Mayo, the galley fleets that controlled Ireland's western seaboard, her famous meeting with Queen Elizabeth I at Greenwich Palace in 1593, and the brutal clan politics that shaped her life. They discuss the Brehon law that…
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