Turtle Bunbury

Writer and Historian

 
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Extract from the 'Vanishing Ireland Project',
a collaboration between Turtle Bunbury and
photographer James Fennell.
The second volume, 'Vanishing Ireland -
Further Chronicles of a Disappearing World' , 
was the fifth biggest selling hardback in
Ireland over Christmas 2009.

Volumes 1 and 2 will both be reprinted in
the autumn of 2010..

Turtle Bunbury is a best-selling author and historian based in Ireland. His last book, 'Vanishing Ireland - Further Chronicles of a Disappearing World', with photographer James Fennell, was the No. 1 Picture Book in Ireland for Christmas 2009. The first volume of the 'Vanishing Ireland' series will be reprinted in October 2010.

Turtle's eighth book, 'Sporting Legends of Ireland' will be in bookshops across Ireland from 3rd September 2010 and features portrait interviews with 44 icons of Irish sport including Olympic gold medalists Ronnie Delany, Michael Carruth and Mary Peters, GAA legends DJ Carey, Jack O'Shea and Mick O'Connell, equestrian giants Eddie Macken, Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh, and a host of world champions from Ken Doherty to Stephen Roche to Sonia O'Sullivan and Willie John McBride.

YOUR HISTORY IN A BOOK

Turtle also runs the commission-based 'Your History in a Book', transforming individual family histories and corporate histories into compelling, beautiful and illustrated hardback books, with each history written by Turtle. The innovative concept had been acclaimed by international press such as The Irish Times and The Australian, while clients to date include Ryanair's Michael O'Leary. (www.HistoryinaBook.com).

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Turtle Bunbury lives in County Carlow, Ireland,
with his wife Ally and daughters, Jemima and Bay.
He shares an office with the writer Tom Sykes.
(Photo: Suki Stuart).

THE VANISHING IRELAND PROJECT

Find out all about this remarkable project, now in its ninth year, which has seen Turtle and photographer James Fennell travel to every corner of Ireland as they seek to chronicle, in words and pictures, the disappearing ways of the old world. Join our Facebook page for regular updates.

TURTLE IN HARDBACK

Turtle's books include two volumes of the best-selling 'Vanishing Ireland', 'Living in Sri Lanka', 'The Irish Pub', 'Dublin Docklands - An Urban Voyage' and 'The Landed Gentry & Aristocracy of Co. Wicklow'.

TURTLE IN THE PRESS

As both contributor and subject, Turtle has a rapidly growing media presence in Ireland, Australia, Canada and the USA. His work has been published in The Financial Times, The New York Post, The Irish Times, Vogue Living and The Guardian.

TURTLE ON TV & RADIO

Turtle made his debut as a presenter on RTE 1's 'Nationwide' on 5th July in a show watched by 33.8% of Irish televsions. His chosen subject was 88-year-old Baby Rudden, the cover-girl of the second 'Vanishing Ireland' book. 447,000 people also tuned in to watch Turtle talk history in a 'Nationwide' special about the Dublin Docklands which aired on 22 February. Click here to watch the episode (Turtle is in second half). An increasingly regular face on 'Nationwide' and TV3's 'Ireland A.M.', Turtle frequently lends his historical expertise to documentary makers and shows such as 'Who Do You Think You Are?' He is also a frequent guest of RTE 1, Newstalk and Today FM.

COMING UP ...

Turtle will be speaking to the Friends of the National Gallery of Ireland on Tuesday 9 November 2010, 7.30pm. His subject will be 'Around the World in 1847'. This follows on from his successful talk on the same topic to the Princess Grace Irish Library in Monaco (15 February), the Bray Cualann Historical Society (15 April) and the Bloomfield & District Residents Association (27 August).

This website is non profit making, and has been compiled in the interest of furthering the research and study of both local and international history.

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- Irish History, Write around Ireland, House Histories, Family Histories and Heros & Villains



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- Books, Interiors, Travel, Features, Columns & Book Reviews.



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- The history of the McClintocks, Bunburys, Drews, Colleys and other families..



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