Feb 13, 2026
Brendan Bracken, one of Winston Churchill’s closest friends, was the son of a prominent Irish nationalist. He ran away from school as a child and reinvented himself as an Australian schoolteacher. Brendan served as Britain’s Minister of Propaganda during...
Feb 8, 2026
Carlow-born Pierce Butler is recognised as one of United States’ Founding Fathers. As well as serving over a decade as a Senator for South Caroline, he was also one of the greatest landowners and slaveholders in America. Become a member of Turtle’s History...
Feb 2, 2026
The founder of W. R. Grace & Co was an Irishman who made a fortune during the Peruvian guano boom before he became New York’s first Catholic mayor. Born into a Catholic family from the Laois-Kildare border, Billy liked to say of his ancestors, ‘they’re like...
Dec 1, 2025
In the 18th century, Captain James Cook mapped vast areas of the Pacific, including the full coasts of New Zealand and eastern Australia, disproving the myth of a large southern continent and greatly expanding European geographic knowledge. Become a member of Turtle’s...
Nov 19, 2025
See here for more tales of the Irish Diaspora. Denver, Colorado Denver City lies in the South Platte River Valley, just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, and is the most populous city within a 500-mile (800 km) radius. It was founded in 1858 as a...
