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A living, breathing archive of Irish history, curated by historian and storyteller Turtle Bunbury. From Vanishing Ireland to the Irish diaspora, from Guinness to Maxol to Irish waterways, these immersive episodes blend interviews and vivid narrative to uncover the people, places and events that shaped Ireland – at home and across the globe.
Unknown Host hosts The Turtle Bunbury Podcast, a general show with 24 episodes published.
From Golden Lane to imperial Russia, this is the extraordinary story of the Dublin-born pianist who invented the nocturne, dazzled Europe, and became one of the most celebrated musicians of his age — before drink, scanda
The final episdoe of the series takes on the 21st century. The last of the original Maxol depots are phased out as a new generation of award-winning service stations begin to appear across the island. The company rides o
The company pushes into third place in the race to be Ireland's largest petrol retailer with the 'Deal of the Decade' and a renewed focus on retail. A transformative restructure creates the Maxol Group, while a reunifica
Maxol breaks free from Shell and launches a rebrand media blitz with new colours, a massively successful advertising campaign (Free a Nipper!) and some immaculately timed sporting sponsorship. Importing fuel into Droghed
The Troubles in Northern Ireland, two major global oil crises and a glut of domestic strikes piles on the pressure as the next generation of McMullans take the helm. The company homes in on improving stations, staff and
The Maxol brand is born in an age of newness from forecourts, pumps and trucks to strategies and uniforms. Drivers such as Billy 'True Gel' Murray and Rasher Halligan assert their rights at the East Wall depot while the
The boom strikes but the McMullans face severe pressure from the multinational oil giants and the solus system. The advent of diesel and a joint venture to establish Kosangas help save the day. Global politics comes into
With Europe decimated by war, McMullans finds itself swallowed up by government ministries on both sides of the Irish border. The Boss takes a new wife, as do his two oldest sons, while everyone waits patiently for a pos
A fabulously timed deal to pioneer the sale of bottled domestic gas in Ireland makes amends for harder times as the McMullans concede to separate entities for its operations in Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State.
The oil industry rides out the Great Depression as McMullan's stalwarts like the mysterious Major McMahon, Wimbledon champion Jean Borotra and golfing great Cecil Ewing make their mark. Shell pile on the pressure but a n
McMullan Brothers is born into a world of pogroms, riots, partition, and civil war; the directors hold their nerve and are running the biggest motor fleet in Ireland by the mid-20s. There are pay-rises all round but the
Remarkable ties with Michael Collins, the tragedy of the Somme and the evolution of the motor car industry form the backdrop as we follow founding father William McMullan from the 1903 Gordon Bennett Cup Race through to
A sensational bigamy trial and a historical interest in kelp are among the tales told in this first episode, which explores the back-story of the McMullan family from the plantations of the 17th century through until the
Journeying to her West Cork school on the back of her father's milk cart is among the earliest memories of 91-year-old Freda Jones, a much admired organist living near Baltinglass, County Wicklow. She recalls her childho
An unexpected flood, cattle going into a bank and the indispensable Tailor's Goose are among the recollections of the charming, pipe-smoking 75 year old Michael Johnson, a fifth generation tailor based in Tullow, County
This final episode tells the 20th‑century story of Corkagh through the Colley family, into which Edie Finlay married. Turtle Bunbury traces their roots from dastardly Tudor schemers and the Duke of Wellington's ancestors
In this episode, Turtle follows the rise and fall of the Finlay family, the Scottish‑Irish bankers who made Corkagh their home for nearly 200 years. Tracing their origins back to Scotland where Macbeth and Mary, Queen of
This episode dives into the explosive story of the Corkagh gunpowder mills and the French Huguenot families who ran them. Turtle Bunbury follows Nicholas Grueber, the Chenevixes and the Arabins as they harness the River
This episode explores Corkagh's "French connection" – the remarkable influx of Huguenot refugees who remade this marshy corner of south Dublin after fleeing Louis XIV's persecution. Turtle Bunbury traces how skilled Fren
In this opening episode of a 5-part Corkagh history podcast series, Turtle Bunbury traces the story of the landscape long before Corkagh House, from Mesolithic toolmakers and Bronze Age axe‑heads through the early monast
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