O'Moyly gracies

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  • moyly: p;acidly, 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