I am known here by my alter ego, at least in name: Qugrainne.  This is a shortened, yahoo style handle, which comes from the name Gráinne Ní Mháille. Gráinne is also know as the pirate queen of Connaught – and her Anglicized name of Grace O’Malley. Gráinne was born in 1530 in Ireland, of course.  … More the irish pirate queen, Gráinne Ní Mháille