Where lovers of the past take centre stage

Turtle Bunbury is inviting you into his family’s stately home, Lisnavagh House, for a one-of-a-kind history festival,says Arlene Harris

Where lovers of the past take centre stage

IRELAND is steeped in culture. Our rich historical past has shaped the people we are and while we all have stories and memories passed down, not many of us have spent a childhood immersed in our heritage.

But journalist and writer Turtle Bunbury was raised in Lisnavagh House in Carlow. The beautiful, stately dwelling was built in the 1600s and has been in his family since, serving as an idyllic childhood home and as the motivation for Bunbury’s fascination with the past.

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