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Sure I will check the Clan Kennedy in the Encycleopedia when I get home in about 7 hours time :) QuintusPetillius (talk) 08:53, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
- Hi Brianann, I have now had time to check the Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia (1994) and there is no mention of the American President Kennedy or of his family. Thanks. QuintusPetillius (talk) 17:29, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
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Hello, Ian Macaulay of Carp Ontario, I am interested in your place in my history. I am a great grandson of Calum Sgaire Macaulay, late of Quebec Canada. I was the topic of one of the articles written by Wilson and Moffat and have just to-day been presented with your PDF on Macaulay-Zachary-Irish.
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- Hi Ian. I've sent you an email.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 11:11, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
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Have very limted time for the next week but thought you might be intereted in this tidbit from yesterday's Herald. Ben MacDui 08:03, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
- Wow, definitely interested. Thanks for letting me know.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 22:12, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
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Hi, I was wondering whether there is beginning to have enough material from Somerled and other sources to create a page on GilleBride, Somerled's father? Regards Newm30 (talk) 03:10, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
- Possibly. There's not much to work with though. I think Oram's 2011 book Domination and Lordship: Scotland 1070–1230 would be a good source at least.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 00:01, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
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Hi, I will take a look at that Chattan source when I have time. It will be good to have a modern secondary source to quote in the article. Thanks.QuintusPetillius (talk) 09:29, 14 September 2014 (UTC)
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Thanks for your edits to Bárid. It's clearly a complex topic and all additions/corrections are much appreciated. Good work on Ragnall mac Somairle too which I read the other day and found most excellent. Retroplum (talk) 03:01, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks Retroplum. I know what you mean, the descendants of Ivar are a fascinating crew, but the never-ending recycling of names can be mind-boggling. You might like to check out Downham's Academia.edu page for sources: [1]. Lots of good material there! She's actually got a book there (No Horns on their Helmets?). Good luck with the Dubliners. I'm wrestling with two at the moment Godred Crovan, and Domnall son of Muirchertach Ua Briain (for some reason the list of kings excludes him).--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 23:24, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
- Cheers for the advice, and good luck! Retroplum (talk) 15:23, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
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Do you still have your svg edit software? on this image the mountain fades slightly starting at the right center of the shield, I think a white wash that fades from the center of the shield is still on for that layer. The guy you based your edit on uses that white fading as a way to look somewhat three dimensional to give a fake shiny look to his arms. It is in his oldest arms svgs. Can you take a look and see if you can turn that off? Write me back at my user page, please. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 20:07, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
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Duffy, Imar and a table problem
A Merry Christmas to you. This is intriguing, although it may mess up the tabulation a bit at Rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles as his exploits will co-incide with Thorfinn inn riki. More fuel to suggestions that what was going on in Man was not always true in the Hebrides etc. I am not sure which pages from Duffy (2006) are referred to in your above-linked edit, so could you either add this to the "rulers" table or give me a bit more detail so that I can complete this? Ben MacDui 17:50, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
- Hi MacDui. Happy New Year. Unfortunately Duffy didn't contemplate Orcadian power in the Isles at all. He was concerned about whether certain rulers of Dublin had authority over Mann. He simply said that since Ímar devastated the Ulaid on Rathlin he likely had control of Mann at that point. That's it. It's in a genealogical tree where call him king: "(K. Dublin, 1038-46, K. Isles, d. 1054)". So he didn't give any specific dates for the 'kingship' of the Isles (whatever that would have meant for Ímar). I wonder if Ímar's ability to direct force into Rathlin could be evidence that he had some sway in the surrounding territories, like Islay.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 23:02, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- Many thanks for this reply and adding it to the 'Rulers' page. I am sure you are right about Islay and it adds a little evidence to my out-of-order ramblings at Talk:Kingdom of the Isles#An alternative table. Surely the main issue is that these academics need to get their priorities straight. Dublin has been done to death. Great place to visit of course but what could possibly be more important than figuring out the Uí Ímair relationships with the earldom of Orkney? All the best for 2015. Ben MacDui 18:21, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
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Dear Brianann, do you propose Cuinn anglicized is not Quinn? I would further like to understand your rationale for continuously removing the section that gives Art the distinct title as the eponymous ancestor of the Cuinn surname.
I agree that the reference is botched and have temporarily removed the paragraph. However, once I go back into the article, I will be adding it back in and asking for OrangeMike to take a look at what is there.
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I don't know if you are still interested, but I have had a go a producing a conditional version of Template:Ahnentafel-compact6. It is not posted up yet, but details are on Template_talk:Ahnentafel-compact5. Regards. Bob1960evens (talk) 18:39, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
- @Bob1960evens: Thanks for letting me know, but can't remember which article I really wanted to use it in! When you get it working the way you like I'll try an put it into a couple articles I'm working on though.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 00:43, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
- I have now pasted it into Template:Ahnentafel-compact6. I works as a direct replacement for the original Ahnentafel-compact6, and works well if you leave out entries towards the right hand side. It is only when you leave out large chunks that the remaining entries are sometimes a little more spaced out than I would like. Bob1960evens (talk) 18:28, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
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Cheers — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.53.124.199 (talk) 19:26, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
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