My favourite spelling of her name is Granye O Malye.
I think she’s fairly low down in the ranks of significant Irish people of that age. And no, she’s not a feminist icon – just an aristocrat trying to preserve her privileges from the central government.
Her access to the court in London was a symptom of disaffection from the Dublin government – a bit like modern corporations lobbying Washington or Brussels. She was preceded there in the 1560s by all the major gaelic chieftains – fat lot of good it did them.
My favourite spelling of her name is Granye O Malye.
I think she’s fairly low down in the ranks of significant Irish people of that age. And no, she’s not a feminist icon – just an aristocrat trying to preserve her privileges from the central government.
Her access to the court in London was a symptom of disaffection from the Dublin government – a bit like modern corporations lobbying Washington or Brussels. She was preceded there in the 1560s by all the major gaelic chieftains – fat lot of good it did them.