Nov 3, 2021
A dynasty whose bloodlines interlink across multiple generations from their origins in the Huguenot stronghold of Portarlington, County Laois, to Wicklow, the Dublin Docklands, Meath and the distant lands of the USA and Australia. George Halpin, the ‘Founding Father’...
Oct 4, 2021
In late‑18th‑century Poolbeg, John Pidgeon turned a Ballast Office storehouse into “Pidgeon’s House”, a famed seafood tavern and landing‑point on the South Wall. After robbery, tragedy and the daughters’ emigration to Philadelphia, the site became a packet‑boat hotel,...
Oct 4, 2021
Strolling along Sir John Rogerson’s Quay on the south-side of Dublin’s Docklands, this huge salmon pink wrought iron yoke was a pioneering piece of engineering genius. Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to access all areas, €12/year...
Oct 4, 2021
The underground of any city is replete with the possibilities of another world. Think of the darkly magical catacombs of Edinburgh or Rome, or the abandoned Tube lines under London. Many of the legends of a subterranean Dublin riddled with interconnecting tunnels are...
