Aug 4, 2025
Opened by Éamon de Valera in 1963, the bridge is named after General Seán MacMahon who served alongside Dev at Bolands Mill in the Easter Rising, being responsible for securing Westland Row Train Station. Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to access all...
Aug 3, 2025
See here for more stories from the Easter Rising. See here for more stories of Dublin. ***** The Chief Reflects When Éamon de Valera stepped down as President of Ireland on 24 June 1973, one of his first stops was at Boland’s Bakery, now the Treasury Building,...
Jul 23, 2025
The gas attack that killed more Irishman than the Easter Rising, in the same week. Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to access all areas, €12/year...
Jul 18, 2025
The story of Tom Kettle, a nationalist MP and college professor who fought and died for Ireland and the cause of European civilization during World War I. Emmet Dalton, a decorated soldier and later founder of Ardmore Studios, was by Kettle’s side when he fell at the...
Jul 9, 2025
One Tuesday in 1911, 30 boys marched out of a school in Wales in protest over the caning of one of their peers. Within days, pupils in more than sixty towns throughout Britain had taken to the streets. The phenomenon then crossed the Irish Sea to Dublin where the...
