GRANUAILE TRAIL no 10: Bermingham Tower
GRANUAILE TRAIL no 10.
Bermingham Tower, Dublin Castle where in 1578 Grace O'Malley was held as a political prisoner for 18 months.
GRANUAILE TRAIL no 10.
Bermingham Tower, Dublin Castle where in 1578 Grace O'Malley was held as a political prisoner for 18 months.
The lonely castle of Doona, Fahy Strand, Ballycroy which, for a time, was seized by Granuaile from the MacMahons in revenge for the killing of her lover, Hugh de Lacy.
In 1588 one of the Armada ships, La Rata Encondorado, foundered near the castle.
Home to Granuaile between the death of her first husband, Donal O'Flaherty and her second marriage to Richard Bourke (1566) and where the legend of 'The Pirate Queen' was born.
GRANUAILE TRAIL No. 13 : Croagh Patrick
Croagh Patrick overlooking Clew Bay home to Grace O'Malley for much of her life.
ROCKFLEET CASTLE (Carraigahowley) on an inlet of Clew Bay. The castle was owned by Granuaile' s second husband, Richard Bourke, the MacWilliam, Lord of Mayo. On his death in 1583. Granuaile, according to her own testimony, took over the castle where she lived until her death there in 1603.