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Turtle Bunbury

@turtlebunbury

Author, historian & podcaster based in Ireland. Books: The Irish Diaspora, 1847, The Glorious Madness, Vanishing Ireland, The Irish Pub & Living in Sri Lanka.

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Kildare Nationalist (@k_nationalist) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Author and historian Turtle Bunbury has penned a fascinating account of the last 100 years at Naas Racecourse, which has welcomed famous faces like Walt Disney and Robert De Niro. kildare-nationalist.ie/2023/11/30/fas…

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Have you noticed the great new information boards in Balbriggan Train Station. We were delighted to have collaborated with Turtle Bunbury on the historical content for this initiative.

Have you  noticed the great new information boards in Balbriggan Train Station. We were delighted to have collaborated with Turtle Bunbury on the historical content for this initiative.
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Supported by Kildare Creative Ireland join bestselling author Ally Bunbury & renowned Irish historian/writer Turtle Bunbury for an evening of chats about their writing and books. ISL interpreted event. ⛪️Athy Community Library 📅 Tuesday, 23 July 🕖 7pm 💶 Free #KildareReads

Supported by Kildare <a href="/creativeirl/">Creative Ireland</a> join bestselling author <a href="/allybunbury/">Ally Bunbury</a> &amp; renowned Irish historian/writer <a href="/turtlebunbury/">Turtle Bunbury</a> for an evening of chats about their writing and books.
ISL interpreted event.
⛪️Athy Community Library
📅 Tuesday, 23 July
🕖 7pm
💶 Free
#KildareReads
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A shout out for Rachel Connor, a woman in a man's world, holding steady with her timber business in Dublin despite a fire in 1758. This from the brilliant newspaper, Pue's Occurrences.

A shout out for Rachel Connor, a woman in a man's world, holding steady with her timber business in Dublin despite a fire in 1758.

This from the brilliant newspaper, Pue's Occurrences.
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The Night of the Big Wind was the most devastating storm in recorded Irish history. The hurricane of January 1839 reputedly made more people homeless in a single night than all the sorry decades of eviction that followed ... turtlebunbury.com/document/big-w…

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In the 1990s, Marianne Faithfull lived in the glorious Shell Cottage by Carton House, County Kildare. Its interior was covered in seashells, coral & crystals collected by Emily, Duchess of Leinster in the 1750s. Illustration by Derry Dillon, from our Past Tracks panel in Maynooth

In the 1990s, Marianne Faithfull lived in the glorious Shell Cottage by Carton House, County Kildare. Its interior was covered in seashells, coral &amp; crystals collected by Emily, Duchess of Leinster in the 1750s. Illustration by Derry Dillon, from our Past Tracks panel in Maynooth
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Are you looking for a shamrock-ing good time this St Patrick's Day? Check out some of these books about Ireland, written by Irish authors, or chosen simply for the beautiful green covers! ☘️

Are you looking for a shamrock-ing good time this St Patrick's Day? Check out some of these books about Ireland, written by Irish authors, or chosen simply for the beautiful green covers! ☘️
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99 years ago today, an Irish woman endeavoured to assassinate the Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini. Violet Gibson's story is at go.shr.lc/43HTEgk

Irish History Bitesize! (@lorraineelizab6) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Foster's Irish Oddities: A Miscellany of Strange Facts and Vital Irrelevances by Allen Foster is great! Easy to read short entries. In Easter Rising fighting stopped x2/day so ducks could be fed! A CofI bishop was a highwayman! Waterford farmer who only wore white linen! 10/10✨

Foster's Irish Oddities: A Miscellany of Strange Facts and Vital Irrelevances by Allen Foster is great! Easy to read short entries.

In Easter Rising fighting stopped x2/day so ducks could be fed! A CofI bishop was a highwayman! Waterford farmer who only wore white linen! 10/10✨