Grace O’Malley Part Two: All Hands on Deck | 69

Even The Royals

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.4 • 844 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

This two-part series is all about Grace O’Malley – a 16th century Irish pirate queen. In part one, Grace defied norms and became a plundering, swashbuckling pirate – and clan leader. She built an empire so powerful that it made her a threat to the invading English. Now, Sir Richard Bingham is dead-set on sinking her empire. But Grace has never turned away from a fight. She’s ready to plot, pillage and kill to remain free. But as Richard steps up his pressure, she’ll have to choose between her righteous cause and the people she loves most.

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0:00.0	Wonderie Plus subscribers can listen to Even the Royals early and ad-free right now.
0:04.1	Join Wonderly Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:07.6	A quick note about our show.
0:09.5	We do a lot of research for our stories, but we also aren't your high school history class,
0:13.4	so some details and scenes are dramatized.
0:16.1	And today's episode contains language that could get you thrown overboard.
0:27.6	Okay. contains language that could get you thrown overboard. It's around 1586, and 56-year-old Grace O'Malley is riding her horse through the countryside in the middle of the night.
0:35.6	She's near Borishul on Ireland's west coast,
0:38.5	and a posse of her most trustworthy men are following behind her.
0:42.6	For the last few months, Grace has been laying low at a castle in the area,
0:46.4	preparing to set sail for the north of Ireland.
0:49.1	For over 20 years, Grace has reigned over Ireland's Atlantic coast.
0:53.0	People call her the pirate queen. And by now,
0:56.0	she's one of the most feared figures in Ireland. But for the last few years, Grace has been using
1:00.9	her pirate skills against the English crown. They've been trying to get the Gaelic clans
1:05.8	under their control for decades. But some clans, including Grace's, have refused to bow down to them. So recently,
1:13.7	Queen Elizabeth I appointed Sir Richard Bingham to govern over most of Western Ireland,
1:18.9	and he zeroed in on Grace as public enemy number one. He's gone after the land and wealth Grace has
1:25.2	spent her life acquiring. And a few months ago, he had his brother John kill her oldest son Owen.
1:31.3	Oh my God.
1:32.6	Yeah, Grace was devastated.
1:34.7	But once again, she refused to wallow.
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