#LitsySpringBreak #Ireland
#WindsOrSpring #StPatricksDay
#Pirate 🏴☠️ Grace O‘Malley
#LitsySpringBreak #Ireland
#WindsOrSpring #StPatricksDay
#Pirate 🏴☠️ Grace O‘Malley
Beautiful poems and songs at the end of this book! One of my favourite parts:
She had strongholds on her headlands
And brave galleys on the sea
And no warlike chief or Viking
E‘er had bolder heart than she
[...]
The armies of Elizabeth
Invaded her on land
Her warships followed on her track
And watched by many a stand
But she swept her foes before her
On the land and on the sea
And the flag of Grace O‘Malley
Waved defiant, proud and free
Another Grace O‘Malley read also by Anne Chambers but this one is more substantial than her other, shorter one.
Whilst this did have some grammatical errors, I loved the detail and honesty of sources and it was nice to be able to delve deeper into Grace‘s story.
Another reread of a very quick book I haven‘t read for a few years! I love Grace O‘Malley‘s story so much and it was lovely to read again some of the incredible things she did which I had forgotten!
I think Grace‘s life story would be a brilliant movie!
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The fall of a society built upon stringent individualism (I don‘t care how, but I‘m going to get mine and advance myself at the cost of all others) is foretold time and again in history. Maybe everyone in power in America needs to read this book before it‘s too late (and when they‘re done they can open the damn government again).
#graceomalley #granuaile #annechambers #ireland #history #whyhistorymatters #takenotes
5🌟
I greatly enjoyed this book. This is exactly what I look for and hope of every history I read. It‘s engaging. It‘s approachable. It tells a story that needs telling, especially in today‘s America. Strong women have always existed; they will always exist; stop fearing them or making them into the enemy. Man up and work with them. This is an important tale not just for girls, but for boys as well. What‘s not to love?
No one will get why this is funny, but trust me, it is. 🤣😂🤣 God I love history!!!
#graceomalley #granuaile #annechambers #britishroyalfamily #queenelizabethI #queenelizabethII #history #whyhistoryisawesome #whyhistoryiscool
I want to be Grace O‘Malley when I grow up.
#graceomalley #granuaile #annechambers
Granny O‘Malley did love to bring a few Scottish mercenaries into battle with her. I mean, can you blame her? The kilts and all. I just, she clearly wasn‘t a stupid woman. Then again, at that point at least some of the men were still wearing them in Ireland.
#graceomalley #granuaile #annechambers #ireland #scotland #realmenwearkilts #history
I‘ve really got to dig into this Brehon law thing. It‘s so interesting and so inclusive of women. Apparently in its pre-Christian form, it have total equality to women.
#annechambers #granuaile #graceomalley #brehonlaw #women #ireland #history
Love how history parallels itself.
#graceomalley #granuaile #annechambers #history #ireland
@OleAnder yeah, there is probably not a lot of landed gentry in Ireland anymore, and I don‘t think anyone does the whole dowry thing anymore either. 🤷🏼♀️ Still, it was a pretty cool law.
#graceomalley #granuaile #annechambers #women #womensrights #ireland #notgreatbutnotbad
I cannot tell you how much I love this!!! Leave it to a Celtic woman.
#annechambers #graceomalley #granuaile #literacy #education #women #ireland
“Classical writers testified to the fighting skills of Celtic women.”
#annechambers #graceomalley #granuaile #ireland #matriarchy #goddess #womenwarriors
Goddess bless the Celtic Sea!!!
#annechambers #graceomalley #granuaile #ireland #rome
@julesG @OleAnder reading this entirely unrelated book...it started the second chapter talking about matriarchal Ireland where military leaders weren‘t chosen based on gender, a woman trained all legendary warriors, etc. and how it was taken over and destroyed by Rome and Christianity.
I knew this was a great choice for my next book!!!
#annechambers #graceomalley #granuaile #women #matriarchy
I‘m truly adoring her primary sources and the inclusion of the original Irish passages. 🇮🇪☘️💚
#graceomalley #granuaile #annechambers #irish #primarysources
Totally forgot to post the Irish version of this.
“A good man never was there
Of the O‘Malleys but a mariner,
The prophets of the weather are ye,
A hospitable and brotherly clan.”
#graceomalley #granuaile #annechambers #irish
Love this little poem, that‘s actually originally in Irish, that starts off the first chapter. Going for a nap, then getting started on this book.
#graceomalley #annechambers #irish
I need a badass women amidst the patriarchy after the last book I read. This should be just perfect. I “started” it last month, but all I read was the intro, so I‘m moving the start date to today. Let the games begin!!!
#graceomalley #granuaile #annechambers
My #bookhaul so far from my Ireland trip. I‘ve tried to keep my purchases as authentic to the area as possible. And the 3 on the right were from a shop with 20% off all books, so how can I not? It‘s amazing I didn‘t buy more. 😉
Depicted sitting on the windowsill of my hotel room outside Castlebar in Co Mayo.
Forget the detractors... be a badass instead.
#granuaile #graceomalley #annechambers
What is not to love about this woman? Talk about an original badass, feminist!!! Well, she wouldn‘t have known or used that word, but she believed she was just as qualified (if not more so then the men) to lead her family and tribe, and damn it she was right!!!
#graceomalley #annechambers #granuaile #feminism #powerfulwomen
This!!!*
#granuaile #annechambers #marymcaleese
*Couldn‘t decide which of these images I liked better, or which was more Irish-ish...so I posted both.
Voting is now open. lol
This!!!*
#granuaile #annechambers #marymcaleese
*Couldn‘t decide which of these images I liked better, or which was more Irish-ish...so I posted both.
Voting is now open. lol
And because you can never have too many gingers (and I‘ve waited a long time to get/read this one...a real life ginger (hopefully) to go with the lovely, but fictional Kvothe (imagine their beautiful ginger babies!!!). Hopefully Grace O‘Malley is a real ginger and not just turned into a ginger by legend to make her scarier to the power that be, like Boudicca. #gingerpower #graceomalley #granuaile #annechambers #gingerbunch
I have a friend who is very interested in this #pirate as her family comes from Ireland. I'd never heard of her before meeting my friend, so her interest was my first thought for #sizzlinsummerreads @Tiffy_Reads
My #favoritecaptain is the Pirate Queen herself, Grace O'Malley. These are just a few of the books I have about her. #PiratesLife #WhatAWayToLive
Been in my stacks since our trip to Ireland in 2012. Perhaps I should #marchintoreading this #irishauthor 😮 @RealLifeReading
I've been fascinated with the story of Grace O'Malley for a while, and I've never been able to work out why she isn't more well-known, or why there isn't a massive Hollywood movie about her epic life?! There are a few books written about her, nothing big but I still wanted to know more about her life so I'm gonna read a few more as well! She's just so fascinating! This book is a good intro to her, it's quick and factual but never gets boring! ❤📚