Joseph Mary Plunkett (1887-1916) – Roller Skates & Revolution

Joseph Mary Plunkett (1887-1916) – Roller Skates & Revolution

The story of the poet, roller-skater, romantic, revolutionary and the youngest signatory of the 1916 Proclamation. Discover his privileged upbringing, unexpected talents, role in the Easter Rising and marriage to Grace Gifford just hours before his execution in...
Seán Heuston (1891-1916) & the Easter Rising

Seán Heuston (1891-1916) & the Easter Rising

Seán Heuston’s Volunteers held Dublin’s Mendicity Institution for about fifty hours during the 1916 Easter Rising. Explore his railway career, Fianna Éireann service and execution at Kilmainham Gaol aged twenty-five. Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to...
Notes on Heuston Station & Kilmainham, Dublin

Notes on Heuston Station & Kilmainham, Dublin

Looking at stories of Captain Seán Heuston, St Maighneann, Oliver St John Gogarty, Grizelda Steevens, who founded a hospital, and Prior Keating’s defiance, alongside events like the Crimean Banquet and the Phoenix Park Tunnel. Become a member of Turtle’s History...
Dublin 8 – A Neighbourhood to Appreciate

Dublin 8 – A Neighbourhood to Appreciate

See here for more stories of Dublin City   Two, four, six, eight … who do we appreciate? Actually, it’s all about that last number. Eight. As in Dublin 8. D8. Or DO8 as it seems doomed to become in the Postcode Future. In the great game of Postal District...