There has been a surge of interest in recent years in Grace O’Malley – or Granuaile – Ireland’s pirate queen, who took to the high seas aged 11, defied Queen Elizabeth I, rebelled against the English ...

The great 19th-century author William Thackeray wrote of Clew Bay, “…the bay and the Reek, which sweeps down to the sea, and the hundred isles in it, were dressed up in gold and purple and crimson, ...

Almost five centuries ago, an 11-year-old Irish girl pleaded with her father. Eager to emulate this intrepid, seafaring man, she begged to board his ship and join his next expedition. Her request was ...

Granuaile hurling club have revealed why they objected to the British army entering a team into the London GAA championship. Their explanation follows calls from the club to overturn the affiliation ...

The Irish Guards became the first regiment to become an affiliated club within the GAA An attempt is being made to exclude a British Army GAA team from competing in this year's London Junior ...

This month’s picks include an Irish drama about a pirate-queen, a found-footage movie made from lost Palestinian films, a coming-of-age thriller from Mexico and more. By Devika Girish Stream it on the ...

Without pirates, there may not have been a St. Patrick. According to historians, 1,500-year-old lore states that St. Patrick was born in Banwen, Wales, kidnapped by pirates at the age of 16, and made ...

She was the scourge of Spanish and English merchants. “Notorious by land and sea,” her English enemies said. Queen Elizabeth I even put a price — 500 pounds — on her head. Grace O’Malley, a 16th ...

The father-daughter team kicks off their Little Library picture book series on Irish historical figures with their first subject: Gráinne O’Malley (1530–1603), aka the Pirate Queen. As a child, ...

Donal Foreman's much anticipated feature The Cry of Granuaile will have its world premiere during this year's Dublin International Film Festival. In The Cry of Granuaile an American filmmaker, reeling ...

LAST Sunday at Ruislip was the big day of the year for London hurling followers with three finals decided. Sean Treacys, as expected, annexed their fifth senior crown and their first since 1994 with a ...