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- Ireland: A Tale of Two Houses, Blackrock and Sandymount
- Ireland: Ballyhook House, Co. Tipperary
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- Ireland: Beacon Court, Sandyford, Co. Dublin
- Ireland: Berkeley Forest, County Waterford
- Ireland: The Elysium on Dublin's Leeson Street
- Ireland: Emily House at the Carton Demesne
- Ireland: Grove Paddock, Blackrock - Renaissance in Co. Dublin
- Ireland: Helnwein's Castle, County Tipperary
- Ireland: Howth Head - A Slice of Frank Lloyd Wright
- Ireland: Ladycastle at the K-Club, Straffan, Co. Kildare
- Ireland: Loughcrew House, Co. Meath - Gilded Magnificence
- Ireland: Mahaffy House, Dublin City - Restored Home of Oscar Wilde's Tutor
- Ireland: Oak Lodge, Duleek, Co. Meath
- Ireland: The Old Mill, Co. Kildare - Celtic Inspiration
- Ireland: Rosie's Place, Co. Carlow - A Sculptress at Home
- Ireland: Rowells of Leeson Street, Dublin City
- Ireland: Sea Lodge, County Louth
- Ireland: Skeaghyvagh, Co. Kildare - Lighting up the Fox's Den
- Ireland: St. Ann's Apartments, Donnybrook - Rearranging the 70s
- Ireland: Suzanne Freeman at Mount Juliet, Co. Kilkenny
- Ireland: Tarquin Landseer, Co. Dublin - To the Canvas Born
- Ireland: Temple Bar - The Heart of Dublin City
- Ireland: Temple House, Co. Sligo - Atlantic Stronghold of the Knights Templar
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- Ireland: Waterford - The Unconquered City
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- USA: Fishy Tales from Tampa, Florida (2001)
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- Zimbabwe 2000 - Another Annus Horibilis
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- A Word of Warning
- Ballintemple: Ancient World, Ancient Fish
- Bob Dylan - Kilkenny 2001
- Brian Kennedy - Rise of a Falls Road Boy
- Castles in the Sky
- Clobber Slobber! Is the Global Media Failing Us?
- Croquet - The Forgotten Irish Sport
- Curiosities: Ballroom Gloss
- Gottfried Helnwein - Head Above the Cuckoo's Nest
- Ireland in the Blood
- Ireland's Winegeese
- Jasper Conran - A Crystal for All Seasons
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- Mrs. Lambert - The American Widow who Conquered Europe
- Vikings Ahoy!
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- Being Anglo-Irish - A Hyphenated Existence? [The Dubliner, 06/01]
- The Importance of Bunbury [The Dubliner, 08/01]
- My Father & Other Animals [The Dubliner, 09/01]
- An Ode to Pagan Days [The Dubliner, 10/01]
- The "Emancipator of Jamaica" [The Dubliner, 12/01]
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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. He now contributes random articles to magazines and other media around the world, the subject matter varying from Mormons to Nazis and the origins of croquet and the curious conundrums of modern Ireland.
Articles
- A Pint Sized History of the Irish Pub
- A Word of Warning
- Ballintemple: Ancient World, Ancient Fish
- Bob Dylan - Kilkenny 2001
- Brian Kennedy - Rise of a Falls Road Boy
- Castles in the Sky
- Clobber Slobber! Is the Global Media Failing Us?
- Croquet - The Forgotten Irish Sport
- Curiosities: Ballroom Gloss
- Gottfried Helnwein - Head Above the Cuckoo's Nest
- Ireland in the Blood
- Ireland's Winegeese
- Jasper Conran - A Crystal for All Seasons
- Kilkenny City - Cool for Cats
- Mrs. Lambert - The American Widow who Conquered Europe
- Vikings Ahoy!
- Villages at a Crossroads
- Waterford - The Unconquered City
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