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Anne Chambers is an Irish biographer, novelist, and screenplay writer who lives and works in Dublin, and is best known for her biography of the 16th-century Irish Pirate Queen, Grace O'Malley. [1]
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Anne Chambers is an Irish biographer, novelist, and screenplay writer who lives and works in Dublin, and is best known for her biography of the 16th-century Irish Pirate Queen, Grace O'Malley. [1]
Chambers grew up in Castlebar, Ireland. [2]
Chambers has a master's degree in history from the Convent of Mercy Castlebar. [3]
Chambers initially worked as an executive at Central Bank, but left the job to pursue writing. [2]
Chambers received the Wild Atlantic Words Hall of Fame Award in 2018. [2]
Chambers has written several adaptations of her biography of Grace O'Malley, including a play, a biopic, and a screenplay for a six part mini-series, which as of November 2022 was in development with Kristen Sheridan. [6] [7]
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Gráinne O'Malley, also known as Grace O'Malley, was the head of the Ó Máille dynasty in the west of Ireland, and the daughter of Eóghan Dubhdara Ó Máille.
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Events from the year 1593 in Ireland.
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