John Condon – The Myth of the Boy Soldier

John Condon – The Myth of the Boy Soldier

John Condon, an Irish soldier from Waterford, was long believed to be the youngest Allied casualty of World War I, allegedly dying at age 14. A century later, research based on birth and census records showed he was actually about 18 when killed at Ypres. His grave...
Becher of Aughadown, Lough Ine and Bagenalstown House

Becher of Aughadown, Lough Ine and Bagenalstown House

Tracing a line of the Becher family of County Cork, Ireland, that descend from Phane Becher (c.1546-1592), including the Venerable John Richard Hedges Becher (1861-1946), Archdeacon of Ossory & Leighlin, John Hedges Becher (1888-1967) who worked on railways in...
Jack Colvin and Hopit: The Tipperary War Horse

Jack Colvin and Hopit: The Tipperary War Horse

The story of a Tipperary horse that became a the best friend of Second Lieutenant John (Jack) Forrester Colvin during their four long years on the Western Front. Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to access all areas, €12/year...
The Dublin Pals in Gallipoli, 1915

The Dublin Pals in Gallipoli, 1915

    The grim fate of the Dublin Fusiliers who landed into the violent madness of Suvla Bay on the Gallpolli peninsula in 1915, before attempting to storm the Kiritch Tepe Sirt ridge and Chocolate Hill. Amongst them were the Dublin Pals, the cream of society,...
Foreword: The Glorious Madness – Tales of the Irish & the Great War

Foreword: The Glorious Madness – Tales of the Irish & the Great War

By the time you combine all the Irish or half-Irish who served in the British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand and US armies during World War One, there was probably more than quarter of a million soldiers. As to the number of Irish-born died, 36,000 seems to be the...