Dec 3, 2024
It transpires that at least 180 people helped us put together the content for the illustrated panels that we installed in railway stations across Ireland between 2019 and 2025, and this doesn’t (yet!) include the station masters who helped locate each one. See here...
Oct 13, 2024
Looking at stories of Captain Seán Heuston, St Maighneann, Oliver St John Gogarty, Grizelda Steevens, who founded a hospital, and Prior Keating’s defiance, alongside events like the Crimean Banquet and the Phoenix Park Tunnel. Become a member of Turtle’s History...
Oct 11, 2024
Highlighting the local links to Michael Collins, Éamon de Valera, and Kitty Kiernan, as well as the La Touche family, Count Michael Kutuzov-Tolstoy, Averil Deverell, Taylor Swift, Ronnie Drew, Waclaw T Dobrzynski, Lizzie Burnaby and Shane Ross. Become a member of...
Sep 13, 2024
See here for other tales from County Sligo Churchill’s Mentor Winston Churchill arguably won the Second World War through the excellence of his oratory. He attributed his public speaking skills to his Sligo-born mentor, Bourke Cockran. Born in Claragh,...
Sep 6, 2024
Snapshots from the history of Cork, from the Kingdom of Desmond, established in 1118 by Tadgh MacCarthy, to the city’s rise as a trade hub, the impact of the Wars of the Roses, and notable events like the Battle of the Starlings and the Great Hunger, emphasising...
