Turtle Bunbury

TURTLE IN THE PRESS

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Newspapers:The Financial Times, The New York Post, The Irish Times, The Irish Examiner, The Irish Daily Mail, South China Morning Post, The Irish Echo, The Guardian, The Scotsman, Sunday Express, The Australian, The Independent, The Irish Echo, The Sunday Business Post, The Sunday Tribune, Sunday World, The Sun, Sunday Independent, Hong Kong Standard, Belfast Telegraph.

Lifestyle: The World of Interiors, Playboy, Vogue Living, Country Life, House & Garden, The White Book (as Homes Editor), Ireland of the Welcomes, International Homes Magazine, Homes Worldwide, Objekt, Magill, The Dubliner, Wealth, Irish Tatler, Social & Personal, Prudence, SQ.

Travel: World Traveller (NWA), Cara (Aer Lingus), Serendib (SriLankan Airlines), Identity (Emirates Airlines), Ryanair Inflight Magazine, The Australian, The Guardian, The Irish Times, The New York Post, Abroad, Visitor and iMode.

Awards: Irish Travel Journalist of the Year 2006.

Turtle Bunbury on a fishing assignment with The Irish Daily Mail.
(Photo: Eamon Ward)

SELECT STORIES ABOUT TURTLE

Discover Ireland
Turtle guest blogs on the Discover Ireland website about the jigsaw that is family history.

The Wild Geese
Daniel Marrin interviews Turtle about the origins and future plans of the Vanishing Ireland project. (December 2011)

Sunday Independent
A day in the life of Turtle Bunbury, based on an interview with Ciara Dwyer. (Sept 2011)

The Browser
Daisy Banks talks with Turtle about five books that inspired him to become a family historian.
(August 2011)

The Irish Times
John Grenham talks about behind the scenes action at 'The Genealogy Roadshow'. (August 2011)

Eolas
Meadhb Monaghan interviews Turtle about his new book 'Sporting Legends of Ireland' (December 2010).

The Irish Times
Turtle talks with Brian O'Connell about what makes centenarians live so long for an article entitled 'When Your Birthday is a Presidential Affair'. (January 2010)

The Carlow People
Turtle outlines his plans for 2010.
(January 2010).

The Irish Times Magazine - A three page interview with Turtle and his 'Vanishing Ireland' colleague James Fennell by Miriam Mulcahy. (November 2009).

The Australian - A thumbs up review of Turtle's 'Your History in a Book' venture. (November 2009).

The Sunday Tribune - An exploration of the motives behind the Vanishing Ireland project by Claire O'Mahony. (October 2009).

The Impartial Reporter - Meadhb Monaghan interviews Turtle in the context of his new ‘Vanishing Ireland’ book and touches on the his History in a Book concept. (Sept 2009)

The Irish Post - Elaine Sheridan provides a detailed profile of the Your History in a Book project for the London-Irish. (Sept 2009)

The Irish Examiner - Turtle remarks on the latest figures from the Vintners Federation. (August 2009).

The Gloss - A wholesome profile of the Bunbury family of Lisnavagh by Catherine Heaney. (February 2009).

Hospitality Ireland - An in depth look at the inspiration behind 'The Irish Pub' book by Emily Hourican. (November 2008).

BBC World - Turtle provides the BBC's Mark Simpson with some key thoughts on the fate of the Irish pub. (October 2008).

The Irish Independent - An interview with Turtle by Barbara Harding entitled 'The Time Traveller'. (April 2008).

The Carlow People - Eliz Lee takes a look at the inspirations which led Turtle to start writing. (April 2006).

The Leinster Leader - Henry Bauress tackles Turtle's take on the Kildare Gentry. (December 2004).

SELECT STORIES BY TURTLE

2012

Life in Monaco (Ireland Funds Connect, Spring/Summer 2012)

Tragedy of the Titanic (Ireland of the Welcomes, March 2012)

West Coast Story (Ryanair Magazine, Jan-Feb 2012)

George Moore & Albert Nobbs (Irish Daily Mail, Feb 2012)

2011

Sylvia Drew's Remarkable Albums - The World of Interiors.

George IV's bawdy trip to Ireland in 1821 - Irish Daily Mail.

Obama's Irish Roots - Irish Daily Mail.

Big House Hospitality, Hidden Ireland - Cara.

Graham Greene's Achill Affair - Irish Daily Mail.

2010

Big Bertha's Wake - The Guardian.

Resting on Erin's Literary Laurels - The Australian.

A Monumental Tour of Ireland - The Australian.

The Ale that Made the Vikings Roar - Irish Daily Mail.

The Annesley Abuduction: The Story that inspired 'Kidnapped' - Irish Daily Mail.

The San Patricios & the Mexican War of 1847 - Irish Examiner.

The Big Snow of 1947 - Irish Daily Mail.

The Irish Sweepstake - Irish Daily Mail.

The Incredible Mr Kavanagh - Irish Examiner.

2009

Ernest Shackleton - Irish Examiner.

The Fate of the Irish Pub - Irish Examiner.

Deep-sea fishing in Co. Clare - The Australian.

On the Lobster Trail in Nova Scotia - Abroad.

At home on the Aeolian Islands - Abroad.

Lisnavagh House - The White Book.

The Life of Arthur Guinness - Irish Daily Mail.

The Fastnet Tragedy of 1979 - Irish Daily Mail.

The Croke Park Rodeo - Irish Daily Mail.

The Golden Circle of Victorian Ireland - Irish Daily Mail.

John Conory - Was Queen Victoria's father an Irishman? - Irish Daily Mail.

Knox D'Arcy - The Mayo Oil Tycoon - Irish Daily Mail.

Vampire Literature in Ireland - Irish Daily Mail.

The Origins of Dublin's Pigeonhouse - Irish Daily Mail.

Ballroom Floor Gloss - The Irish Times Magazine.

Struwwelpeter - The Irish Times Magazine.

Bindon Stoney’s Diving Bell - The Irish Times Magazine.

2007-2008

Turtle frequently reviews hotels and restaurants throughout the world for international magazines and for the Alastair Sawday's 'Special Places to Stay' series. NWA passengers were reading Turtle's tips on where to dine, shop and hang out in Dublin in the March 2009 edition of World Traveller. Meanwhile, Aer Lingus passengers have lately been reading up on the state of the Irish pub in Cara magazine. A modern Sotogrande hideaway was one of the lead features in the July 2008 issue of Homes & Gardens. An interview with Turtle entitled 'How I Got Here' appeared in the Irish Independent in April 2008. An article on three Irish villages at a Crossroads featured in The Irish Times Magazine on April 5th. Meanwhile,Turtle's verdict on Ireland's oldest pub ran in Visitor. Other articles by Turtle on the shelf lately include a look at Huntington Castle in County Carlow for Wealth, a review of Temple House in County Sligo for Objekt and a review of a County Louth sea lodge in 25 Beautiful Homes. An extract from 'Vanishing Ireland' formed a major feature in both Country Life and the Irish Independent in December 2007.

1994-2007

Turtle’s first feature was an examination of Santa Claus, written for his home county newspaper, The Carlow Nationalist. In Hong Kong he became a freelance correspondent for Business News Indochina and the South China Morning Post.

Writer and Historian