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Thread #56283   Message #879162
Posted By: Big Tim
31-Jan-03 - 12:29 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Poor old Grainne Mhaol
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Poor old Grainne Mhaol
"Granuaile", although derived from the historical person, Grace O'Malley, the "Pirate Queen of Mayo" (c.1530-1603),the name is of course one of the many female forms used to symbolise Ireland.

In her biography of Grace O'Malley, "Granuaile" (1998), Anne Chambers gives the words of the following songs and poems on Granuaile:

Granuaile ("there stands a tower by the Atlantic side...")

Grana Weal ("O thou that are sprung from the flower of the land...")

Grace O'Malley ("she left the close-air'd land of trees...")(Written by Sir Samuel Ferguson,1810-86)

Granuaile ("as the sunlight in its glory...")

Oro, Se do Bheatha 'bhaile (Credited to Padraig Mac Phiarais)

Oro and Welcome Home ("Welcome O woman who was sorrowful..."(Translated by Patrick Pearse)

Granuweal - An Old Song ("A courtier called Dorset...)

Poor Old Granuaile ("my dream to some...)(the O'Lochlainn version)

A New Song Called Granuaile ("All through the north as I walked forth...").