Editing Grace O'Malley (section)

==Cultural impact==
O'Malley's life has inspired many musicians, novelists, and playwrights to create works based on her life and adventures and she has been used as a [[National personification|personification]] of Ireland:<ref>{{cite book |first=James |last=Hardiman |author-link=James Hardiman |title=Irish Minstrelsy; or Bardic Remains of Ireland, Volume 2 |year=1831 |page=[https://archive.org/details/irishminstrelsy00hardgoog/page/n154 140] |publisher=J. Robins |url=https://archive.org/details/irishminstrelsy00hardgoog}}
{{blockquote|Her name has been frequently used by our Bards, to designate Ireland. Hence our Countrymen have been often called "Sons of old Grana Weal".}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Granuaile |url=http://www.folklorist.org/song/Granuaile |access-date=31 May 2011}}</ref>

===Music===

* The [[Irish language]] poet and [[Easter Rising]] leader [[Patrick Pearse]] used Gráinne O'Malley as a symbol of [[Irish republicanism]] in his lyrics to [[Óró sé do bheatha abhaile]].
* In 1985, the Irish composer and singer [[Shaun Davey]] composed a suite of music based on the life and times of O'Malley, ''[[Granuaile (album)|Granuaile]]'', published in 1986.
*The Indulgers' 2000 album ''In Like Flynn'' includes a song entitled "Granuaile", which is centred on the legend of O'Malley.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Indulgers Music Page |url=http://www.shamrocker.com/audio.html |publisher=The Indulgers |access-date=18 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080608234243/http://shamrocker.com/audio.html |archive-date=8 June 2008}}</ref>
*[[Dead Can Dance]]'s 2012 album ''[[Anastasis (album)|Anastasis]]'' features a song titled "Return of the She-King", which was inspired by O'Malley.<ref name=Interview>{{cite web |last=Reesman |title=Interview with Dead Can Dance |url=http://www.theaquarian.com/2012/08/22/interview-with-dead-can-dance-regal-resurrection/ |work=The Aquarian |access-date=22 August 2012}}</ref>
*The Irish musician Gavin Dunne ([[Miracle of Sound]]) released a song entitled "Gráinne Mhaol, Queen of Pirates" on his 2015 album ''[[Metal Up]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://miracleofsound.bandcamp.com/track/gr-inne-mhaol-queen-of-pirates |title=Gráinne Mhaol, Queen of Pirates, by Miracle of Sound |website=Miracle of Sound |access-date=2017-04-01}}</ref>
*The Canadian folk punk band [[The Dreadnoughts]] released a song entitled "Grace O'Malley" on their 2009 ''Victory Square'' album.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thedreadnoughts.bandcamp.com/album/victory-square|title=Victory Square, by The Dreadnoughts|website=The Dreadnoughts|access-date=2019-10-23}}</ref>
*The Swedish [[melodic death metal]] band Frantic Amber released a song entitled "Graínne Mhaol" on their 2017 digital re-release of the originally 2015 released album "Burning Insight".{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}
* The 2019 Album Talk like a Pirate by Rockin' Ron the friendly Pirate "Ron Carter" features the song Pirate Grace O'Malley, based on the life of Grace O'Malley
* The 2022 song "Rule 23 – Birds of a Feather" by Fish in a Birdcage was inspired by Grace O'Malley<ref>{{Citation |title=Rule #23 – Birds of a Feather – Fish in a Birdcage | date=27 September 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck7fKiOPeaA |access-date=2023-04-16}}</ref>

===Theatre===
* The play ''Short-Haired Grace'' by Bill Breuhl depicting the meeting between O'Malley and Queen Elizabeth debuted at the [[Merrimack Repertory Theatre]] Lowell, Massachusetts, 2002 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mrt.org/about-mrt/production-history|title=Production History &#124; Merrimack Repertory Theatre|website=mrt.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.milforddailynews.com/story/entertainment/2002/01/24/short-haired-grace-explores/41232465007/|title='Short-Haired Grace' explores moment in Elizabethan history|first=David Brooks|last=Andrews|website=Milford Daily News}}</ref>
* The play ''Bald Grace'' by Marki Shalloe debuted at Chicago's Stockyards Theatre in 2005, and was featured at [[Atlanta]]'s Theatre Gael (America's oldest Irish-American theatre) in 2006.<ref name="TheatreGael">{{cite web |url=http://www.theatregael.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010302133644/http://www.theatregael.com/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2 March 2001 |title=Current Events: The Marki Shalloe Theatre Festival, October 21 – November 5, 2006 |publisher=Theatre Gael |access-date=8 April 2007}}</ref>
*The Broadway musical ''[[The Pirate Queen]]'' depicting O'Malley's life debuted at the Hilton Theater in 2007, with [[Stephanie J. Block]] portraying O'Malley.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/06/theater/reviews/06pira.html|title=The Pirate Queen – Review – Theater|last=Brantley|first=Ben|date=2007-04-06|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-02-22|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* American actress Molly Lyons wrote and starred in a one-woman show titled ''A Most Notorious Woman'', detailing the life of O'Malley. It has been produced internationally at theatres and festivals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://amnwtheplay.com/default.aspx|title=AMNW About the Play|date=8 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110208051706/http://amnwtheplay.com/default.aspx |archive-date=8 February 2011 }}</ref>{{full citation needed|date=December 2022}}
* The play ''Gráinne'', by J.Costello, K. Doyle, L. Errity, and A. L. Mentxaka, of 2015, tells the story of Grace O'Malley in six snapshots. It was premiered by Born to Burn productions in Dublin in November 2015, with an all-woman cast playing three female roles and six male roles. The text of the play was published in a limited edition by artisan publishers Gur Cake Editions.<ref>See J. Costello, K. Doyle, L. Errity, and A. L. Mentxaka, ''Grainne: A Play''. Dublin: Gur Cake Editions, 2015.</ref>
* Irish actress, writer and director, Maggie Cronin's first play, a solo show called ''A Most Notorious Woman: tales of Grace O'Malley'' – premiered in 1989.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:f73578dd-912b-4529-b04a-d60c8809c203#pageNum=1|title=Adobe Acrobat|website=acrobat.adobe.com}}</ref>{{full citation needed|date=December 2022}}

===Literature===
* [[James Joyce]] used the legend of Grace O'Malley ("her grace o'malice") and the [[Earl of Howth]] in chapter 1 of his 1939 novel ''[[Finnegans Wake]]''.
* [[Morgan Llywelyn]] wrote a 1986 historical fiction titled ''[[Grania: She-King of the Irish Seas]]''.
* [[Neal Stephenson]] and [[Nicole Galland]] make extensive reference to her via written correspondence from one of the prominent characters throughout their 2017 novel ''[[The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.]]''
* [[Siobhán Parkinson]] wrote a historical fiction book in 2019 in Irish titled ''Gráinne – Gaiscíoch Gael'' (''Gráinne – Hero of the Irish''). [[Cló Iar-Chonnacht|Cois Life]]. {{ISBN|978-1-907494-97-0}}.
* [[John Crowley (author)|John Crowley]]'s 2022 novel ''Flint and Mirror'' includes the character Gráinne O’Malley. {{ISBN | 9781250817525}}.

===Statues===
* At Westport House – see above.
* Outside [[Old St. Patrick's Church (Chicago)|"Old St Pat's" Church]], [[Chicago]]

===Other ===
* ''Grace O'Malley Park'' in [[Howth|Howth, Ireland]] commemorates her supposed attempt in 1576 to visit the nearby [[Howth Castle]]. According to legend, Granuaile temporarily abducted a family member after being denied entry.<ref>{{cite podcast |first1=Tim |last1=McInerny |first2=Naomi |last2=O'Leary |edition=6 |work=The Irish Passport |title=Irish Elites |publisher=[[SoundCloud]] |url=https://www.theirishpassport.com/podcast/episode-6-elites/ |date=13 July 2017 |time=5:30 |access-date=6 November 2018}}</ref>
* Since 1948, the [[Commissioners of Irish Lights]] have sailed three vessels named ''Granuaile''. Their current sole light tender, commissioned in 2005, is the most modern serving the coast of the [[island of Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ships in the Irish Lighthouse Service |url=http://www.cil.ie/sh675x4546.html |publisher=Commissioners of Irish Lights |access-date=10 February 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203021942/http://www.cil.ie/sh675x4546.html |archive-date=3 February 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gsiseabed.ie/granuaile.htm|title=Granuaile the latest vessel in the National Seabed Survey|website=www.gsiseabed.ie}}</ref>
* In [[Tampa, Florida]], Grace O'Malley is the inspiration for Ye Loyal Krewe of Grace O'Malley, one of many crews that participate in the [[Gasparilla Pirate Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ye Loyal Krewe of Grace O'Malley |url=http://sites.google.com/site/kreweofgraceomalley/ |access-date=31 January 2011 |archive-date=7 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407233718/https://sites.google.com/site/kreweofgraceomalley/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>