Aug 11, 2021
Early Origins The O’Halloran family motto is generally given as “Ripis rapax, rivis audax”, meaning ‘On the banks rapacious, in the streams daring.’ Another version is “Rapax ripis, audax rives”, similarly translated as ‘Rapacious on the banks, audacious on the...
Aug 11, 2021
Originally from Westmoreland in the English Lake District, the Bensons were renowned for their clerical inclinations from the Tudor Age onwards. They were also closely associated with the Downshire Estates in Ireland and, later, the Pony Club in the UK. This history...
Aug 11, 2021
Looking at a Dundalk family and their work at places such as the iron works of Middlesborough in England and, back in Dundalk, the Great Northern Brewery in Dundalk, Carroll’s Cigarettes and the family grocery at 15 Chapel Lane. Become a member of Turtle’s History...
Aug 11, 2021
A family with several Victoria Crosses and a Field Marshal to their name, the Goughs started out as clergymen in County Limerick before becoming imperial warriors with the British Empire. Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to access all areas, €12/year...
Aug 11, 2021
Rathvilly School, Birmingham, England, was founded in 1895 by Mary Earl, widow of James Earl, son of farmer Newton Earl. James Earl started at St Mark’s Norwich. In 1865, he succeeded Mr Kennedy as Master of D’Israeli School, Bough, outside Rathvilly, Co....
