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Grace O'Malley

1530 - 1603

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Gráinne O'Malley (Irish: Gráinne Ní Mháille, pronounced [ˈgˠɾˠaːn̠ʲə n̠ʲiː ˈwaːl̠ʲə]; c. 1530 – c. 1603), also known as Grace O'Malley, was the head of the Ó Máille dynasty in the west of Ireland, and the daughter of Eóghan Dubhdara Ó Máille. Upon her father's death, she took over active leadership of the lordship by land and sea, despite having a brother, Dónal an Phíopa Ó Máille. Marriage to Dónal an Chogaidh (Donal "of the war") Ó Flaithbheartaigh brought her greater wealth and influence, reportedly owning as much as 1,000 head of cattle and horses. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Grace O'Malley has received more than 1,929,566 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Grace O'Malley is the 28th most popular pirate (down from 27th in 2019), the 116th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 104th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Irish Pirate.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PIRATES

Among pirates, Grace O'Malley ranks 28 out of 29. Before her are Thomas Tew, Jean Lafitte, Edward Low, Awilda, Roche Braziliano, and Cheung Po Tsai. After her are Carlo Rambaldi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1530, Grace O'Malley ranks 20. Before her are Starina Novak, Giambattista Benedetti, Kuyucu Murad Pasha, Symon Budny, Ōtomo Sōrin, and Ranuccio Farnese. After her are Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow, Nicholas Rémy, and John Shakespeare. Among people deceased in 1603, Grace O'Malley ranks 19. Before her are Irina Godunova, Krzysztof "Piorun" Radziwiłł, Ostilio Ricci, Maerten de Vos, Gulbadan Begum, and Yemişçi Hasan Pasha. After her are Philippe de Monte, and Łukasz Górnicki.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Grace O'Malley ranks 116 out of 549. Before her are G. E. M. Anscombe (1919), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (1977), Cornelius Ryan (1920), Colm Meaney (1953), Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760), and Douglas Hyde (1860). After her are George Abraham Grierson (1851), Daniel O'Connell (1775), William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737), Jim Sheridan (1949), Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946), and Charles Villiers Stanford (1852).

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Among PIRATES In Ireland

Among pirates born in Ireland, Grace O'Malley ranks 3. Before her are Anne Bonny (1702), and Edward England (1685).

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