In the Neolithic age, people started coming in waves to Ireland. They lived, loved, died, and built monuments that still dot the ancient landscape. Our knowledge of them is misty. But one thing is clear. They weren’t Celts.

Shamrocks and four-leaf clovers: only one is a true symbol of Ireland. And neither is the official emblem of the Republic.

How did a Pirate Queen nicknamed Bald Gráinne become a symbol of Irish Independence? Here’s the story of Gráinne Ní Mháille.