Oct 4, 2021
An appraisal of the restorative work and reconstruction by Emily Naper, one of Ireland’s foremost gilding authorities, and a descendent of Sir Francis Dashwood, founder of the original Hell Fire Club. Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to access all...
Sep 20, 2021
Turtle co-founded the History Festival of Ireland in 2012, and curated the event in 2012 and 2013, arranging for upwards of 70 leading historians, writers, playwrights and thinkers from Ireland, the UK, Canada and the USA to contribute to two highly regarded weekends....
Sep 9, 2021
The home of Piers O’Conor Nash, nephew of the O’Conor Don, this fabulous Roscommon home holds the Inauguration Stone upon which nearly thirty O’Conor kings of Connaught were crowned. Clonalis was awarded the HHI O’Flynn Group Heritage Prize in 2022. Turtle...
Aug 29, 2021
From the time of the Anglo-Normans through until the end of the seventeenth century, a large swathe of land running east of Carlow town in Ireland was held by the Wall family. Much of this property was subsequently subsumed into the estates of the Bunbury and Burton...
Aug 11, 2021
An epic and sweeping saga of Stone Age genius, Normans warriors, Georgia gentlemen and noble revolutionaries in the Wicklow Mountains, homing in on the Ryves, Pennefather and O’Flynn families. Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to access all areas,...
