O'Moyly gracies

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  • 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