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Latest revision as of 16:20, 19 January 2014
- moyly: placidly, gently
- Grace O'Malley: (c. 1530 – c. 1603) also called Gráinne O'Malley, Queen of Umaill, chieftain of the Ó Máille clan and a pirate in 16th-century Ireland.
- gratias (Latin): grace, thankfulness
- gracies (French): (you) pardon
- "Silent, oh Moyle": from "The Song of Fionnuala" by Thomas Moore:
Silent, oh Moyle, be the roar of thy water,
Break not, ye breezes, your chain of repose,
While, murmuring mournfully, Lir's lonely daughter
Tells to the night-star her tale of woes.
- Moyle: a river in Tipperary, Ireland
