Grainne O’Malley (Radio Edit)
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Grannyo Malley - The End of Irish Women
Grannyo Malley was a very exceptional woman and there's been nothing like her before in Irish history. She represents probably the end of a long line of powerful women in Gaelic Ireland. The Elizabethans had a real hatred of what they called disorderly women, and they saw women like Gronya as being sluttish, vain and idle. That's how Irish women were described at the time. But she's such a pragmatist that she chooses a way out, and the way out she chooses is the way of Concord with the English. There's a lesson there for all of us through the ages, I think.
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