Dec 27, 2021
The story of an American-born hero of the First World War who became one of the key figures in Michael Collins’ Free State army during the Civil War before going on to co-found the Ardmore Movie Studios in Bray, County Wicklow. Become a member of Turtle’s...
Oct 4, 2021
The Abbey Theatre in Dublin has long claimed to be the cradle of the Irish revolution. Belfast-based historian Fearghal McGarry explores this connection in his excellent book ‘The Abbey Rebels of 1916 – A Lost Revolution’ (Gill and Macmillan, 2016), which follows the...
Oct 4, 2021
For Jack White, that night at Beresford Place in November 1913 must have remained with him all the way through until his death 32 years later. The cheer of one thousand strikers when James Connolly announced the formation of the Irish Citizen Army. And then, when...
Oct 4, 2021
Cork City Gaol, one of Cork’s foremost visitor attractions, has drawn almost two million people since it opened to the public in 1993. In another age, it was the city’s main prison for almost exactly 100 years. Its past ‘residents’ include Constance Markiewicz, Todd...
Aug 11, 2021
In 1921, Rory O’Connor stood as best man when his old friend Kevin O’Higgins married Birdie Cole in Dublin. The friendship would be torn apart with the outbreak of the Irish Civil War, during which O’Higgins gave the order for O’Connor to be...
