Talk:The Three Collas

Material rewritten

I have rewritten and reorganised parts of the article. First, I've put the legends before the historical interpretation. Second, I've corrected a gross misunderstanding of what O'Rahilly claimed about the Three Collas, whether by a Wikipedia editor of their source. O'Rahilly did not claim the Collas were sons of Niall Noigiallach - he claimed they didn't exist, and the things they are supposed to have done were actually done by the sons of Niall Noigiallach. This is followed by most scholars of early Irish history. I'm not sure of the reliability of Donald Schlegel, but I've left his arguments in, separated out from the legends and clearly marked as interpretation along with O'Rahilly and his followers. --Nicknack009 (talk) 20:00, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

The source stated that he did and that's why the article states it, but that is why it put in a section detailing that the origins are disputed. Mabuska ^(talk) 20:36, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

Also the "Origin" section is about the origins of the Three Collas according to myth and historical interpretation. The article was fine as it was I suggest reverting it back to the way it was and discussing the changes. Mabuska ^(talk) 20:39, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

Instead can I ask you to provide more inline citations to show what source reflects what statements for the purposes of clarification. I'm not a fan of simply stating them at the end of paragraphs as anyone can alter a paragraph and over time it gets lost what is actually attributed to the source. Mabuska ^(talk) 20:40, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

I'm glad you struck your request to revert back to the way it was, because your source has misunderstood O'Rahilly's argument. I have summarised O'Rahilly's argument from his book and cited it appropriately. There is no need to include multiple citations to the same source in the same paragraph. --Nicknack009 (talk) 20:59, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

Struck out as after looking at it more I realised the extra information you added on O'Rahilly's ideas was quite relevant and better than a source that may or may not be quoting him correctly. If you find any other improvements that can be made to any additions I make into Ulster mythological/psuedo-historical articles then please work away. Mabuska ^(talk) 10:47, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

My Ancestors

My father collected records that proves that Colla Uais is my ancestor. Suck it WASPs StjJackson (talk) 08:46, 29 December 2015 (UTC)