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Grace O´Malley
Let me share the story of the 16th century warrior woman /irish pirate Queen, also known as Grรกinne Mhaol, a nickname derived from a tale of teenaged rebellion. When her mother refused to let Grace set sail with her father, claiming the girls long hair would get tangled in their ropes, the firebrand promptly chopped off her locks, earning passage on the voyage as well as the name that translates roughly to "bald". This bold woman ruled over the Umaill kingdom of Ireland, being chieftain of the O`Mรกille clan after her father. The ships she likewise inherited, she used for piracy.
Grace and her crews would board vessels that dared come too close to her shores or ships, and from them she´d take what she called a "tax" for passage. Resistance to pay would result in violence or death. She was said to be so fearsome that even the day after bithing a child upon her ship, she took up arms to defend it, scolding her men, "May you be seven times worse this day twelvemonth, who cannot do without me or one day!"
Yet Grace´s greatest showdown was against Queen Elisabeth I. At a time when chieftain´s power was being trounced by this monarch, a chieftain had the audacity to write her directly demanding she be free to continue her piracy, as long it was against the enemies of England. Soon letters led to the willfull Grace sailing to England for a fateful face - to - face meeting that resulted in the queen releasing the pirate queen´s captured son and brother, as well as properties confiscated by English forces. But above all, Elisabeth granted Grace permission to "fight in our quarrel with all the world." And she did until her retirement to Rockfleet Castle roundabout 1603.
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