Jul 6, 2022
This handsome painting of the Irish capital’s College Green dates to circa 1753 and is the work of Dublin-born Joseph Tudor, the principal landscape painter of his day, who actually lived – and died – on Dame Street. He was employed by Dr....
Mar 8, 2022
The Wexford man was the United States’ first commissioned naval officer, as well as its first flag officer. On his watch, the US Navy converted 40 acres of Brooklyn into one of the world’s biggest shipyards. It stands next to the oldest park in Brooklyn, renamed...
Mar 7, 2022
The story of a savage attack on William Presley in 1775, possibly by the Whiteboys, and how that launched a festival in Hacketstown, even if it sadly transpired that the Carlow town was not Elvis’s ancestral home. Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to...
Feb 26, 2022
Return to Waterways Through Time – Contents ***** ‘A most wonderful selection.’ Eanna ni Lamhna Mooney Goes Wild, RTE Radio One “Upon those who step into the same rivers, different and ever different waters flow down.”...
Feb 18, 2022
The Crosbie family descended from a once powerful Catholic dynasty whose influence waned during the religious troubles of the 17th century. Its best known members include Sir Edward Crosbie, executed for treason after the 1798 Rebellion, and his younger brother,...
