Turtle Bunbury
Turtle Bunbury is a bestselling author, historian and podcaster based in Ireland. His 2021 book, The Irish Diaspora is described by BBC History Magazine as ‘impeccably researched'. Sebastian Barry applauded his 2020 bestseller Ireland’s Forgotten Past as ‘a stirring atlas of Irishness'.
Turtle has researched and narrated podcasts for Waterways Ireland and Maxol, both going on-stream in January 2022. A co-founder of the Vanishing Ireland project, Turtle is host of a podcast series chronicling the life and times of Ireland’s oldest generation through their stories and distinctive voices. He is also lined up for a podcast series on the Irish Diaspora for 2022. Turtle was awarded the Gilmartin Medal in December 2021.
Over the past 20 years, Turtle has researched and written hundreds of family, house and corporate histories, including recent books on Maxol The Story of an Irish Business 1920 – 2020 and Adare Manor The Renaissance of an Irish Country House, and An Epicurean Journey.