Feb 7, 2026
The Burren of County Clare has one of the highest concentrations of ringforts in the country, including those at Cahermore and Caherconnell, as well as cashels such as Cahercommaun, Caherballykinvarga and Cahermacnaghten. Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to...
Jan 1, 2026
An exploration of the O’Neills of Kinnaird at Caledon in County Tyrone, tracing their descent from early Cenél nEógain kings through Conn Mór and Sir Phelim O’Neill, and charting the transfer of their Gaelic lordship, castle, and estates into Hamilton and Alexander...
Jul 11, 2025
Between 1209 and 1230, the Roman Catholic church orchestrated a crusade into southern France to exterminate a renegade Christian belief system known as Catharism or the Albigensian heresy. Approximately one million people are said to have died in the war. I...
Sep 19, 2024
Much of this is based on my attendance at a lecture on ‘Pre-Norman Faming’ by Professor Fergus Kelly in Rathvilly on 18 September 2024. Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to access all areas, €12/year...
Aug 28, 2024
Almost every Butler on Planet Earth traces their lineage to Theobald Walter, an Anglo-Norman knight who arrived in Ireland in 1185 in the retinue of Prince John, Lord of Ireland. This page looks at his ancestry, and the first five Chief Butlers of Ireland, plus their...
