The O’Mahony and the Bulgarian Orphans

The O’Mahony and the Bulgarian Orphans

Peirce Charles O’Mahony (1850-1930), aka The O’Mahony, was a close friend of Charles Stewart Parnell. In 1904, he and his second wife Alice founded St Patrick’s Orphanage in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia. The city’s Plostad Pierce O’Mahony, a...
Villages at a Crossroads – Borris, Grangecon & Clogh

Villages at a Crossroads – Borris, Grangecon & Clogh

Over three centuries after Oliver Goldsmith wrote The Deserted Village, our small communities are once again facing a bleak future, with populations falling, pubs and post offices closing and long-held traditions fading away. An article Turtle wrote for The Irish...