Jan 23, 2022
Still working flat out at the age of 86, Paddy was the third generation of Heneghan to work as a ghillie at Delphi Lodge. He knew all the secrets to becoming a fish whisperer by the time he was a teenager. He learned the hard way, earning the wrath of his grandfather...
Jan 23, 2022
Interviewed in 2009, a Leitrim forester, gardener and cattle man recalls life with Lord Kilbracken, the decline of the rabbits and the terrible fire that burned Killegar House in 1970. Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to access all areas, €12/year...
Jan 23, 2022
Born in 1928, John Carson has lived and farmed at Isle View on the island of Inishmore, County Fermanagh, all his life. Here he recalls fishing for pike, spooky nights and his time with the B-Specials. Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to access all areas,...
Jan 22, 2022
‘There’s been worse times than this, that’s for sure,’ says Joe. ‘And so long as you have a bit to eat, the price of a pint and a bed to lie in, then what about it? Let tomorrow be the worser day.’ Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to access all areas,...
Jan 22, 2022
Two best friends from Abbeyleix, County Laois, sit in opposing armchairs chuckling at the old times, at stories they’ve heard and told a hundred times before yet which still carry an essential lightness of being. Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to...
