# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/grace-o-malley
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:03:00.420Z

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name: "Grace O'Malley"
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description: "She commanded a fleet off Ireland's Atlantic coast in the 1500s, raided English ships, and when the governor seized her sons, sailed straight to Elizabeth I's palace to negotiate their release face-to-face."
tagline: "Pirate Queen of Umaill, chieftain of the Ó Máille clan"
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deathDate: "1603"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Gráinne Ní Mháille was born around 1530, daughter of the Ó Máille chieftain in the west of Ireland. When her father died she took active leadership of the dynasty by land and sea, sidelining her brother. Marriage to Dónal an Chogaidh Ó Flaithbheartaigh expanded her power; she reportedly controlled a thousand head of cattle and horses. In 1593 the English governor of Connacht took her sons Tibbot Bourke and Murrough O'Flaherty and her half-brother Dónal an Phíopa captive. O'Malley sailed to England and presented her petition directly to Elizabeth I at Greenwich Palace. The Irish annals never mention her — what survives comes from English state papers, including eighteen written interrogatories put to her on the queen's behalf. She died around 1603.