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Granuaile: Ireland's Pirate Queen and Atlantic Empire
Before she became a folk legend, Gráinne Ní Mháille — known to history as Grace O'Malley, or Granuaile — commanded a fleet and castles along the west coast of Ireland in the 16th century. In this episode, Lucas and Luna trace her rise from a chieftain's daughter in County Mayo to a leader who defied the English crown, the merchant code of the time, and even Queen Elizabeth I herself. They explore her fierce defense of the O'Malley strongholds at Clare Island and Carrickahowley, her 1593 royal audience at Greenwich where she negotiated with Elizabeth in Latin, and the brutal…
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