Author to deliver talk on Mayo's Pirate Queen

GRACE O'Malley: The Woman Behind the Pirate Queen is the title of a talk by author Anne Chambers, taking place on Wednesday, November 15, at 7.30 p.m. at ATU Castlebar.

The talk is hosted by Mayo Historical & Archaeological Society.

Anne Chambers is author of 10 biographies, including the best-selling Grace O’Malley - The Biography of Ireland’s Pirate Queen 1530-1603 (Gil Books), historical novels, short stories and screenplays.

Her most recent book - Lord Mayo: Theobald Bourke, Son of the Pirate Queen, 1567-1629 (published by Mayo Books Press, Castlebar) - received wide acclaim.

Anne's books have been translated into many languages and have been the subject of TV and radio documentaries for Discovery, The Learning Channel, Travel Channel, ABC Australia, BBC, BBC World Service, RTÉ, TG4 and Lyric FM.

Anne was short-listed for the Irish Book Awards in 1988 for Eleanor Countess of Desmond, in 2014 for TK Whitaker: Portrait of a Patriot, and for the Hennessey Literary Awards in 2004 for her short stories.

In 2018 she was awarded the Wild Atlantic Words festival Hall of Fame Award in recognition of her contribution to Irish literature.

Her talk promises to provide great insight into the great Mayo woman, Grace O'Malley. All are welcome.