Aug 11, 2021
One of the greatest Irish military engineers of all time, who rose to become Surveyor General of Ireland, his legacies include Collins Barracks, the Old Library at Trinity College, the Linen Hall, the Kilmainham Infirmary and Dr. Steeven’s Hospital, as well as...
Aug 11, 2021
A short account of the 19th century novelist and Fenian pioneer, famed for the poem ‘Slievenamon’, who was born at his mother’s family home in Mocklershill outside Cashel, County Tipperary, with some additional notes on his cousin, Michael Kickham, a...
Aug 11, 2021
KNOX D’ARCY (1849 – 1917) The First Great Oil Tycoon See Turtle’s article on Knox D’Arcy, published in the Irish Daily Mail. Knox D’Arcy (1849-1911) was one of Australia’s greatest entrepreneurs. The only son of an Irish-born solicitor, he is regarded as the founding...
Aug 11, 2021
Lola Montez was one of the most famous dancers in Europe in the 1840s. Her love affair with the King of Bavaria brought him crashing down before she embarked upon a new life running a literary and social salon in California. This tale follows the rise and fall of this...
Aug 11, 2021
The tragic tale of the deeply-troubled daughter of James Joyce, Ireland’s most famous writer, and her unrequited love for Samuel Beckett. Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to access all areas, €12/year...
