Grace O’Malley, The Pirate Queen of Ireland.

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Grace O’Malley, The Pirate Queen of Ireland.

Angela Chantry is starting us off with a fascinating tale about a fascinating person! In a life stranger than any fiction, Grace O’Malley, daughter of a clan chief in the far west of Ireland, went from marriage at fifteen to piracy on the high seas. She soon had a fleet of galleys under her command, but her three decades of plundering, kidnapping, murder and mayhem came to a close in 1586, when she was captured and sentenced to hang.  She was saved from the scaffold by none other than Queen Elizabeth herself – another powerful woman in a man’s world.

Date

28 Jan 2022
Expired!

Time

10:30 – 12:30

Cost

1.00 €

Location

Javea Players Studio
Carrer del Cronista Figueras Pacheco, 6, 03730 Xàbia, Alacant
Category

Organizer

Allison O'Brien
Allison O'Brien
Email
history@u3ajavea.com
Website
https://u3ajavea.com/info/history/