Talk:Pádraig Harrington

Spelling

Hi, this is one for the disambiguation experts, the Harry Harrington, or is it Harry Harington? See Levenshtein distance\Levenstein distance. What about slovenly use of language.. Often our sources have an incorrrect spelling, but we think we know better.. Regards Gregorydavid 11:09, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

As Tee-totaller

I removed the following claim, because it is not true:

"Padraig Harrington is a tee-totaller. Quotes of the Week"

In fact, Harrington does drink occassionally. See the following stories about his famous all-nighter after the Ryder Cup:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/golf/article2589229.ece

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2004/sep/13/rydercup2004.rydercup14

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/golf/skills/newsid_2279000/2279303.stm

Therefore, the fact is that he drinks alcohol, albeit rarely, and thus not important enough to make. Oconnell usa (talk) 18:36, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Name

I have never seen his name rendered with the fada before, indeed it adds nothing to the article and as far I can tell isn't supportable by anything other the common Gaelic spelling of Padraig. I'll wait for someone with more Irish context before I make any changes, I'm aware of the sensibilities of some on these issues. -MichiganCharms (talk) 15:28, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

That's narrow-minded monoglot nonsense, in all fairness. Maybe you don't live in Ireland? I take it from your reference to "Gaelic spelling" you are either British or American. In other words, you would be in no position to express expertise on this issue. No offence. Every educated person spells Pádraig correctly, as they spell Seán and Ciarán, Siobhán, Sinéad and Aodhán- to name a few more- correctly. For Pádraig, see the front page of this morning's Irish Times: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2008/0811/1218232695204.html (indeed the entire website and newspaper consistently spells his name correctly). The fada adds everything in terms of pronounciation. Otherwise it would be 'Pad rayge' or something equally ridiculous. Try pronouncing a French name without the accent and see how silly it is. 86.42.109.173 (talk) 12:34, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Unfortunately in modern Ireland there has been an increasing trend of parents giving their children supposedly Irish names like 'Sinead' or 'Sean' and leaving out the fada for convenience. I suspect this is what happen in 'Pádaigs case. Anyone have any sources to confirm this? Stephen Shaw (talk) 16:10, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

How do you pronounce his first name? PAWD-rig, PADrig, whatever? I don't find the pronunciation guide useful and the US commentators used different versions. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.189.183.77 (talk) 19:10, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

It's pronounced paw-rig. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Abbeyvet (talk • contribs) 23:46, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

It's pronounced Paw-drig, although in common Irish use the D tends to be silent, thus Paw-rig is how most Irish people would pronounce it. Bh02306069 (talk) 23:48, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Well, I guess it's now pronounced Golf God! Seriously, I was brought up in Ireland and all the pawrigs were called just that. So what's with the wiki pronounciation? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.189.162.201 (talk) 01:04, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

The purpose of the "wiki-alphabet" is to totally obscure matters. That way, only the "wiki-elite" can understand. If you can't understand,well...they're pleased.JGC1010 (talk) 01:36, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

We'll let Padriag answer it himself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1dLyIxsohE

He calls himself "Paw-Drig". End of discussion. ReignMan (talk) 01:35, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Proof of pronunciation

The name Pádraig may be pronounced either /pa:drig'/ ("Paw-drig"), /pa:rig'/ "Paw-rig" or /pa:rik'/ "Paw-rik". Other variant spellings are "Pádhraic" and "Páraic". The first pronunciation (with the "d") is that of Munster and Ulster, whereas the latter two with the silent "d" are only used in Connacht, although there is evidence that the "d" was silent in south Leinster, also, when Irish was spoken there as a native community language. The silent "d" has become commonplace amongst English speakers of late, particularly in Dublin and the east coast, most likely due to the close connections between learners of Irish from Dublin and Galway, who tend to send their children to the Connemara Gaeltacht rather than to Munster or Ulster. Is there any evidence regarding how Pádraig Harrington himself pronounces his own name? If not, I am going to remove the reference to "Pádraig" as "paw-rick" until someone finds a reliable reference. An Muimhneach Machnamhach (talk) 16:26, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Accountancy studies.

Correcting inaccuracy as to Pádraigs status as a qualified accountant. Pádraig studied and passed his accountancy exams, however having not actually practiced as an accountant, he is not a qualified accountant. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.167.220.4 (talk) 17:19, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

That may be so; however, since this is an article containing biographical material regarding a living person, potentially controversial claims such as that one require a reference to support it specifically in regard to Harrington. Please see WP:BLP. cheers Deconstructhis (talk) 14:45, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Does he have a sister?

Wait, does Padraig have a sister named Tamara Harrington? --203.212.136.141 (talk) 08:19, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

And what if he does? It has no bearing on this article. If you wish to add information related to a living person provide a RS or it may be removed. Bjmullan (talk) 11:30, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Results Timeline grouping

The readability of results in major championships is very much improved by merging Padraig's 1990's results with his 2000's results. I think this is self evident - Also see Tiger Woods page for example of how readability is improved by this grouping. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joerow (talk • contribs) 09:09, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Where is Padraid from?

We have no sources to say where he is from. Is he even Irish? If so, can we safely say that he's from Dublin or South Dublin? Laurel Lodged (talk) 22:32, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

Not sure where Padraid is from, but Pádraig Harrington is definitely from Ireland; [1]. Brocach (talk) 23:30, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

If that's the best source available, perhaps we should abstain from a "by county" classification for him. Laurel Lodged (talk) 23:34, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

We can safely say (of Pádraig) Dublin: [2], and in any case since he was born in 1971 we can be certain that it is wrong to describe him as being "from" any administrative division that did not exist at that time. Brocach (talk) 23:39, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

Wiki does not use Brittanica as a source. So we're back to just generic Ireland. Laurel Lodged (talk) 23:56, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

Asuming we are talking about Pádraig rather than Padraid, it's Dublin: [3]. Brocach (talk) 00:08, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

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