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“I take refuge in the past. I find it a comfortable zone because
it’s already happened. It can’t be changed. It simply is. Only
these days we’ve managed to harness the past and convert it into showbiz.
And I’m delighted. It means historical bores like me stand a chance
of making some cash”.
Turtle, The Dubliner.
Turtle Bunbury, a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, is the author of three
books on Irish history, Vanishing Ireland (Hodder Headline,
2006), “The Landed Gentry & Aristocracy of Co. Wicklow”
(IFN, 2005)“and The Landed Gentry & Aristocracy of Co. Kildare”
(IFN, 2004).
Historical articles by Turtle have featured regularly in The Dubliner, Magill, Cara and Visitor.
Turtle is available as a historical consultant. 'John Henry Foley - Ghost of the Empire', a one-hour historical documentary researched and co-scripted by Turtle, will be aired on RTE in August 2007. He is also due to appear in a documentary about the Irish president Erskine Childers in May 2007.
History Sub-sections
Irish History
- A potted history of Ireland from earliest times to
the present day.
Write Around Ireland
- humorous historical takes on more than 200 Irish towns
and villages.
Family histories
- Turtle brings colour and life to the many the countries
great (and not so great!) families.
House histories
- the stories behind some of Irelands' greatest architectural
gems.
Heroes and Villains
- Here Turtle resurrects some of the more unusual and
enigmatic children of Ireland.