Grainne O’Malley

You're Dead to Me

BBC

Comedy, History

4.7 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Greg Jenner is joined by historian Dr Gillian Kenny and comedian Catherine Bohart in 16th century Ireland to look at the life of pirate queen Grainne O’Malley.

Against the backdrop of the changing legal landscape of Ireland as it faced brutality from incoming English administrators, we look at the difficult decisions Grainne was forced to make to ensure her family's survival. From bold changes to her appearance as a teenager to ensure her place on her fathers ship, to aggressive actions on a castle that refused to serve her food. Grainne O’Malley was not a woman to be messed with. This strength and defiance would lead to an unlikely understanding with Queen Elizabeth I.

Produced by Cornelius Mendez Script by Greg Jenner and Emma Nagouse Research by Jessica White

The Athletic production for BBC Radio 4

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:04.7	Hello and welcome to your Dead To Me, a history podcast for everyone.
0:09.3	For people who don't like history, people who do like history, and people who forgot
0:12.9	to learn any at school.
0:14.5	My name is Greg Jenner, I am a public historian, author and broadcaster, and I'm the chief
0:18.9	nerd on the BBC comedy show Horrible Histories.
0:21.7	You may have also listened to my children's podcast, Homestchool History.
0:25.2	But this podcast is a bit different.
0:26.6	In this show, we match together historical high-fliers and class clowns until your brain
0:31.6	is positively abuzz with book learning.
0:34.0	And today we are tackling piracy with a difference.
0:36.9	No salty sea dogs or bottles of rum.
0:39.6	No, we're off to 16th century Ireland to run a mock with the infamous pirate queen,
0:44.6	Gronia Omali.
0:46.4	And to help me untangle fact from fiction, I'm joined by two very special guests.
0:51.4	In History Corner, she's a research fellow at Trinity College Dublin, where she researches
0:55.3	the lives of women and outsiders in Lake Medieval Europe.
0:59.2	She's starting work on the first ever scholarly biography of Gronia, and her Twitter bio describes
1:04.2	her as a raging medievalist.
1:06.2	Is there any other kind?
1:07.2	I'm sure she's lovely.
1:09.1	It's Dr. Gillian Kenny.
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