Reflections on Irish Identity, 2026

Reflections on Irish Identity, 2026

Considering the impact of Ireland abroad from Jessie Buckley and Cillian Murphy to St Patrick’s Day to Mick Lynch and the Trade Unions, as well as the historical precedent behind the Biden presidency’s support of the Good Friday agreement and the Irish...
Barry of Forfar (Scotland), Glenageary (Dublin) and Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

Barry of Forfar (Scotland), Glenageary (Dublin) and Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

Beatrice Crawford, aka Bee Barry, was an aunt of Ethel Synge Ievers, my great-grandmother, who married Tim McClintock Bunbury, later 3rd Baron Rathdonnell. This is a brief study of the Barry family with whom she married. Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to...
Al Capone’s Irish Connections

Al Capone’s Irish Connections

The beautiful Mary Josephine Coughlin, known as ‘Mae’, was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1897, the daughter of Michael Coughlin and Bridget Gorman of County Cork, Ireland. Al learned his craft fighting against Irish‑American dock and street gangs in Brooklyn before...
Violet Gibson – The Irish Aristocrat Who Shot Mussolini

Violet Gibson – The Irish Aristocrat Who Shot Mussolini

The astonishing story of a Dublin-born gentlewoman, who attempted to assassinate Mussolini when she was fifty years old, and her connection to – and eventual rejection by – one of Ireland’s most distinguished legal families. Become a member of Turtle’s History...
The Irish in Chicago

The Irish in Chicago

By 1890, Chicago had the third highest population of Irish emigrants in the USA. The city’s heroes include Butch O’Hare, Captain Francis O’Neill, Richard Daley, Mother Jones and the men who built the I&M Canal. In the fall of 2024, Ireland House...