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Turtle Bunbury
Born
James Alexander Hugh McClintock-Bunbury

(1972-02-21) 21 February 1972 (age 51)
Ireland
EducationGlenalmond College, Trinity College
Occupation(s)Author, historian, television presenter
Known forVanishing Ireland
SpouseAlly Bunbury
Parent Baron Rathdonnell (father)

James Alexander Hugh McClintock-Bunbury (born 21 February 1972), [1] known as Turtle Bunbury, is an Irish author, historian, and television presenter. He has published a number of books such as the Vanishing Ireland series, Easter Dawn -The 1916 Rising, [2] The Glorious Madness (short-listed for Best Irish-published Book of the Year 2014) [3] [4] [5] and 1847 – A Chronicle of Genius, Generosity & Savagery. [6]

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Career

Bunbury is the third son of Thomas McClintock-Bunbury, 5th Baron Rathdonnell and Jessica Harriet, daughter of George Gilbert Butler, of Scatorish, Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny, Ireland (brother of the essayist Hubert Butler). [7] He was raised at Lisnavagh House, Rathvilly, County Carlow, in Ireland, [8] and received his early education locally and at Castle Park School in Dublin. [9] He later studied at Glenalmond College, Perthshire, Scotland, before going on to Trinity College, Dublin and the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. [10]

From 1996 to 1998 he lived in Hong Kong, working as a freelance correspondent with the South China Morning Post and Business News Indochina. [8] [11] [12]

Bunbury was a co-presenter of The Genealogy Roadshow on RTÉ television in 2011 and 2014. [8] He also presented Hidden Histories on Newstalk Radio in 2013. [13] He co-wrote the 2008 documentary John Henry Foley: Sculptor of the Empire. [14] He has also appeared on BBC1's Wogan's Ireland, [15] and episodes of the American version and Irish version of the Who Do You Think You Are? TV series. [16]

BBC History Magazine described him as "a skilled storyteller", [17] and novelist Marjorie Quarton described Bunbury as being "one of the most versatile authors of his generation … a serious author with a light touch in writing". [18]

His work has appeared in National Geographic Traveler, [19] Daily Beast, [20] The Australian, [21] The Guardian [22] and the Irish Times. [23]

In 2019, Bunbury began a collaboration with Iarnród Éireann / Irish Rail and Flahavan's for a project called ‘Past Tracks,’ an exhibition of historic panels that went on semi-permanent display in several railway stations around Ireland. [24]

Turtle Bunbury is married to the novelist Ally Bunbury with whom he lives in County Carlow. [25] [26]

Vanishing Ireland

In 2001 Bunbury began work on the Vanishing Ireland project with photographer James Fennell. The project produced four books, [27] and a review in the Irish Independent of the first book noted how it was "written with sympathy, understanding and gentle humour". [28] Three of the books were short-listed for Best Irish-Published Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards. [29]

Works

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  21. ↑ Turtle, Bunbury (27 February 2010). "The Real Craggy Island". The Australian.
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  23. ↑ Bunbury, Turtle. "A beautiful friendship – General Tom Thumb and PT Barnum". The Irish Times. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  24. ↑ ‘Passengers get Fast Track to town's past’, The Argus, 19 October 2019; ‘Looking at Sligo history while waiting on the train’, The Sligo Champion, 19 October 2019
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  26. ↑ Regina Lavelle (29 January 2017). "Are you ready to rid your life of a toxic friendship?". Irish Independent.
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