GRACE O'MALLEY

Grace O'Malley

Grace O'Malley was born around 1530 and earned the nickname ‘Granuaile’ or ‘bald Grainne’, when, as a young girl she cut off her long hair after her father refused to take her on a trading expedition to Spain on the grounds that her long hair would catch in the ropes. Her defiant response embarrassed him and he subsequently agreed to take her.