Oct 16, 2021
The stories of one of Ireland’s most successful presidents, the origin of the town ‘Font’, a pioneer of showbiz in Chicago, the engineering ancestors of Joe Biden, a leading opponent of slavery and a strike by schoolboys seeking an end to corporal...
Oct 4, 2021
The story of the convicted master forger from Dublin who founded Freemasonry in Australia and produced Australia’s first bank notes. Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to access all areas, €12/year...
Oct 4, 2021
We may not have the climate to grow our own vines, but the Irish have done a colossal amount to develop the wine trade and spread those succulent grape juices across this world from France to California to Australia and New Zealand. Become a member of Turtle’s History...
Oct 4, 2021
Between 1787 and 1868, over 30,000 Irish men and 9,000 Irish women were transported to the Australian colonies as convicts. The vast majority were held at Spoke Island before they departed for exile from Cobh, the County Cork seaport which had been renamed Queenstown...
Oct 4, 2021
The story of Richard and Pat Nixon’s visit to Ireland in 1970, how they met, his connections to Kildare and Antrim, and her visit to meet her Ryan and Naughton kinsfolk near Ballinrobe, County Mayo. Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to access all...
