Feb 5, 2022
‘You couldn’t bring any lady to live under my conditions’, jokes George. ‘It’s been declared unfit for human habitation – but luckily I’m not human’. Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to access all areas, €12/year...
Feb 5, 2022
‘There wasn’t any place around that I didn’t walk’, he says. ‘I hunted all over those hills. Fowling, mostly. Me and the dog, looking for partridge and grouse. But I’m a little too old for that crack now’. You wouldn’t think it. Perhaps it’s the damp Mayo air but this...
Feb 5, 2022
A meeting with Timmy Kelleher (1925-2021), farmer, and his younger brother, Stevie Kelleher (1930-2014), a hackney driver. To get around the challenge of the drink-driving clampdown, they bought a townhouse near their favourite pub in Dingle so they could stay in town...
Feb 5, 2022
‘Two garda up a tree – what are they looking for?’ asked Christy Kelly. He was a well-known character in Nenagh, with his accordion and an enormous arsenal of jokes at the ready. An interview with a charming musician and his singer sister. Become a member of...
Feb 5, 2022
The McGarvey brothers were once amongst the best-known faces in the border-town of Clones. Making their way down Fermanagh Street, ambling across the Diamond or talking with friends in the shadow of the ancient Round Tower, the brothers were almost certainly destined...
