Oct 15, 2024
” Dear Madam, I am going on well. I will write to you soon. Trusting you are as well as possible. I remain, Madam, with kind regards. etc. etc. Your obt. servant Wm. Eacrett’. Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to access all areas, €12/year...
Jul 23, 2024
How the debacle of the Mesopotamian Campaign in World War One shaped the Irish Revolution’s most successful guerrilla commander. Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to access all areas, €12/year...
Jul 8, 2024
For over 300 years, Cork Harbour had been a cornerstone of British defence in the Northern Atlantic, one of the most fortified harbours in the world, protected by a ring of stone forts and bombproof Martello towers… Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to...
Apr 28, 2024
The story of a Galway-born military commander who briefly went missing while flying over Africa … Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to access all areas, €12/year...
Jan 26, 2024
It was not the first time the German bombers had struck. The previous summer, when the nurses first arrived at Vertekop, there had been three air raids. This was one was so much worse. Seventeen bombs fell on the Red Cross hospital that morning. When the dust settled,...