Who is your favorite pirate?

[Tabbicatt Paganii]

I heard a video game exclaime that Captain Jack Sparrow was the best pirate of all time.
I find that to be vastly overstated.
So I figured good ways to settle this.
I'd ask me crew.

[Tabbicatt Paganii]

I'll start.
Me favorite be Captain Bartholemew Roberts.

Then there be Anne Bonnie and Mary Reede.

And of course Captain (of the alcohol) Morgan.

[Captain Aries Thunderskull]

Cappin Jack Sucks--he keeps losin' his ship! Now Bartholomew Roberts, THAT was a pirate's pirate- the last of the Golden age and the Most successful- sunk over 100 ships!

[black bonnie mulligan]

my favorite pirate is captain william kidd,based on the few books i have read about him.

[Master Gunner L. SilverTongue]

Captain Blackbeard is my favorite all time pirate the guy had guts and went out in a pirates blaze of glory died the way most only dream of and his ship The Queen Anne's Revenge they found a few years back off the carolina coast the history channel's website has the story on it if u wish to kno more

[Amber]

Me thinks that if you were so drunk all the time, like Jack Sparrow, that one would loose his ship.... among other things.

[Master Gunner L. SilverTongue]

that or Calico Jack he may been a flop as a pirate but he had style!! lol

[J-lynn Fiander]

haha he had style alright lol... he had twinkly toes and ery ting :P dang dancin pirate lol... I GOT A JAR O DIRT i got a jar o dirt... guess whts inside it lmao

[J-lynn Fiander]

i myself find jack sparrow interesting :) hes awesome.. and he dances ? haha. with jars of dirt... aha it amuses meh xD LMAO ! i wonder if he thot the jar of dirt coulda dance along with him XD ahahaha maybe even sing :P heehee we will never know :P *amused*

[Captain Aries Thunderskull]

And then there's: Grace O'Malley:


Grace O'Malley was born in 1530. Some sources say that she was born at sea. Another source says she was born at Clare Island Castle in Ireland. She had a half brother names Donal-na-Popia.

Grace's parents were seafarers. They combined legitimate activities with piracy. her father's name was Owen O'Malley. As a child, Grace was taught to read Latin by the friars beneath the O'Malley motto "Terra Mariq Potens" (Invisible on Land and Sea). As a little girl, her family was having trouble with eagles snatching up their sheep, so one day Grace thought she would slaughter the eagles. The eagles scratched her head with their talons and left marks that never disappeared. Once Grace know how to tie a knot, she begged to sail with the fleet.

She proved herself a pirate when she saved her father's life from English pirates. When she turned sixteen in 1546, she married Donal O'Flaherty. during their marriage they had three children, named Owen, Murrough, and Margaret.

Grace was soon in charge of the O'Flaherty fleet, extracting a fee for use of the waters. If the Captain refused to pay, she signaled her men and they removed the cargo. Donal died at the hands of a rival clan. When Donal died, she was supposed to get one third of her husband's estate. She was not given her share of it, however.

Grace now picked two hundred followers who loved cards and dice as much as she did. Many of these worked for her now-deceased husband. She established a home base at Clare Island in Ireland, which was an ideal place to set up a pirate empire in the late sixteenth century. She pursued her career practicing free-lance piracy and waging a private war against England. She now had control of five castles. She wanted the last one, which was owned by a Richard Burke. It was on the northeast side of Clew Bay. She wanted it so much that she married Richard Burke. They had one son named Tibbot. Queen Elizabeth knighted Tibbot Sir Theobald. Grace was captured by the Duke of Desmond and was thrown in prison in Limerick. Lord Justice sent for her unexpectedly. Lord Justice said that she would have to stop her pirating. While in prison Richard Burke died a natural death.

Sir Richard Bingham was appointed governor by Queen Elizabeth the First. He killed Grace's son Own. Then he sent for her, but it was a trap. She was tied up like an animal. A powerful Lord asked that she be set free, so Sir Richard let her go. She then went to the queen, who let her be a pirate again. They were working together. When she returned to Ireland, she had only one castle left. She fitted up a fleet, then proceeded to win the war against Sir Richard Bengham.

When she was sixty years old, Grace won her greatest battle. She lived to be over seventy years old. She was the most flamboyant of Irish pirates. Grace O'Malley made an impression on her own age; she earned a place in Irish history.

[Master Gunner L. SilverTongue]

and ye all be a wondering why we's so proud o our irish heritage eh? lol fair winds to ye all and Captn i'm impressed on the level of background and detail ye have on her bloody good show Captn