Oct 7, 2023
Stephen Foster was one of America’s best-loved composers in the 19th century, writing more than 200 songs, including his smash hit, ‘Oh! Susanna’, the comic ‘Camptown Races’, the haunting ‘Hard Times Come Again No More’ and the hugely successful ‘Old Folks...
Sep 21, 2023
In 1919, an Irishman working as a policeman stopped a mob from pummelling a right wing radical to death on the streets of Munich. Michael Keogh would come to rue the day when the man he saved transpired to be Adolf Hitler. Become a member of Turtle’s History Library...
Sep 17, 2023
Menlo Park, one of the most iconic places in Silicon Valley, was founded by two Galway men in the 1850s. It previously belonged to Don José Darío Argüello, the Mexican pioneer who founded Los Angeles. Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to access all areas,...
Sep 16, 2023
Irish links to Albany since the late 17th century. This page includes what is surely the most comprehensive list of Albany-linked Irish-Americans online, thanks to Belinda Evangelista. Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to access all areas, €12/year...
Sep 8, 2023
An account of Walter Butler, of the Shankill Castle line of Butlers, who assassinated Albrecht von Wallenstein, the supreme commander of the armies of the Habsburg empire, at the height of the Thirty Years’ War. Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to...
