Talk:Laggan Army

Laggan or Lagan

On May 19, someone moved the page from Laggan to Lagan. Their justification was Google Earth. I have examined Google Earth for Lagan and I find several references for "Lagan" locations across Northern Ireland and various counties in Ireland, but not county Donegal where the army originated,

Today I was working on some final touches of a rewrite of the Laggan Army's greatest victory, the Battle of Glenmaquin and in the course of that work I came upon the Wikipedia's "Lagan Army" article. Not realizing that someone had just moved it five days ago, I moved the stub article to "Laggan Army." The reason that I moved the page is outlined below.

In the course of my work on the Battle of Glenmaquin, I noticed that Laggan and Lagan are both used by authors and historians. I believe, however, that the more commonly used and accepted name is "Laggan."

In support of my position I would also direct you to examine Wikipedia's article on County Donegal where they describe the part of the county after which the army took its name as "Laggan." And I would also direct your attention to the Cambridge University Press website https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/irish-historical-studies/article/laggan-army-in-ireland-16401685-the-landed-interests-political-ideologies-and-military-campaigns-of-the-northwest-ulster-settlers-by-kevin-mckenny-pp-250-dublin-four-courts-press-2005-45/73A2AEE275B670B05F3629F75DCD2660 where they review Kevin McKenny's book "The Laggan army in Ireland, 1640–1685: the landed interests, political ideologies and military campaigns of the north-west Ulster settlers" and call the book "extremely important" and a "key reference book." I believe that Mr. McKenny book is one of the most researched academic studies of the Laggan Army and I see that he refers to the militia in question as the "Laggan" army.

Any comments or support for "Lagan"? Thank you, VFF0347 (talk) 03:42, 25 May 2020 (UTC)