Sep 22, 2025
‘Some people have asked me over the years whether I’m bisexual. In fact, I am tri-sexual. The Army, the Navy and the Household Cavalry.’ So spake Brian Desmond Hurst, Ireland’s most prolific 20th century director. This account focuses on the Belfast man’s...
Sep 22, 2025
John Condon, an Irish soldier from Waterford, was long believed to be the youngest Allied casualty of World War I, allegedly dying at age 14. A century later, research based on birth and census records showed he was actually about 18 when killed at Ypres. His grave...
Aug 29, 2025
The rise and fall of one of rural Ireland’s most unsung heroes, who fought with the Royal Munster Fusiliers in WWI, advocated Irish land reform and labour rights. He co-founded the Irish Land and Labour Association and All-for-Ireland League, helped pass landmark...
Jul 23, 2025
The gas attack that killed more Irishman than the Easter Rising, in the same week. Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to access all areas, €12/year...
Jul 19, 2025
Contents – The Glorious Madness – Tales of the Irish & the First World War ***** Many theatres of war in which the Irish served have been obscured by the better-known campaigns at the Western Front and Gallipoli. And yet, for thousands of Irish, men and women,...
