Talk:Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh

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[edit] Pronunciation template

Sticking a template onto an article without discussing it first is not really on! Non-standard pronunciation - is it just the name, or are there other instances? If just the name, how hard would it have been to put in the IPA pronunciation yourself, or to ask an Irish speaker if you're not one yourself?
Scolaire 14:43, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

I've done it now. It was intended as much as a reminder to myself as to anyone else who had the time. Would it have taken you longer to add IPA than leaving me that friendly message did?--Dub8lad1 21:27, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Very definitely! I looked up IPA and I couldn't make head nor tail of it. Thank you for coming back and doing it. I was just afraid the template was going to sit there indefinitely. Scolaire 17:14, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

I've removed the tag since the IPA has been done, apparently. And Scolaire, as somebody who does a fair amount of the IPA transcription chores, let me assure you that it is perfectly normal for the IPA tag to be inserted, and it is no reflection on the article or on the inserter. And no discussion is required either!!! The tag's presence causes the article to appear on a list of IPA transcriptions to be done [[1]], which is checked regularly by people with knowledge and interest in IPA, who will then come and do it if they can. Like I did. --Slp1 18:58, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Apologies all around, then! I didn't realise that inserting the template actually put the article on a list. I need to learn a bit more and shoot my mouth off a bit less! It was me that moved the template to the talk page btw, thereby adding to the confusion. Apologies again. Scolaire 19:14, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

No problemo! This place is confusing at times! --Slp1 16:39, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fine Gael Bias in this Article

You can see the paws of FG supporters throughout this piece. What sources are there for O Dálaigh's (sic) "political naivete" (sic) and (sic) "alleged mental breakdown" (sic) other than hearsay? Under the Constitution he had the right to refer the bill to the Supreme Court. Douglas Hyde referred the 1939 Offences Against the State Amendment Act to the Supreme Court. Despite the fact that The Emergency had started he was not insulted out of office by the Fianna Fáil Government. They accepted he had the right to do so. Despite FG and Labour agreeing to appoint O Dálaigh along with FF to the vacancy there remained some lingering suspicion of him due to his past FF connections as witnessed by Cosgrave refusing to regularly brief him. I resent the recent attempt begun in late 2006 of people trying to portray a principled man as a wide-eyed innocent and on the verge of a breakdown. To not refer such bill to the Supreme Court would have made a mockery of the man's distinguished legal career. Generalissimo1 11:35, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Also to appear to insinuate that the President was responsible for the decision of the Provos to murder Garda Clerkin is frankly despicable. Generalissimo1 11:56, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Contradiction

The text says he was born in Bray, but the infobox says Dublin. Which is correct? Stifle (talk) 20:09, 23 October 2007 (UTC)