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Please go ahead and edit the existing article on this topic St. Gobhan which needs work anyway. It is not possible to have two articles on the same topic see WP:CFORK. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 07:15, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

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Oneilland East

I reverted your edit to Oneilland East as it violates WP:IMOS in regards to the use of Irish in regards to places in Northern Ireland. For lede state the origin of the term in the language it derives from, which in this case the article does. The modern Irish goes in the infobox which in this case it does, so it complies and everything gets mentioned. Mabuska ^(talk) 22:19, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

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Re: St Goban

Re:[St Goban]: Thank you for the thank you! :) Let me know if I can help in any way. Berek (talk) 21:53, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

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Many thanks for your kind comments and felicitations, much appreciated. JohnArmagh (talk) 11:06, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

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Editing

Hello, I replied to your comments on the Talk page of the article in question - I can expand upon my points if you wish. Hohenloh ⁺ 15:46, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

Lisgoole

Hi, sorry I haven't been back to you - I missed your first message. Please feel free to edit - this happens to be one of the rare occasions I chose to copy the coords given in the article page (Lisgoole Abbey) rather than go direct to the map/aerial image. And this is an indication of why it is not wise to do so. JohnArmagh (talk) 19:03, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Donaghedy

Hi, I just had a double-check of Donaghedy just to make sure. The Ordance Survey monastic map of Ireland and Gwynn & Hadcock seem pretty sure it was sited along the B49 at that location, and though there have made at least one mistake which I have discovered (viz. Clonca, Co Donegal) I can't find any source which disagrees with the location of Donaghedy, nor which identifies it with Donnaghie, significantly further to the south, and its post-medieval cemetery. Still, no harm looking into it. JohnArmagh (talk) 10:04, 14 December 2014 (UTC)

Well done - it looks like you have nailed it this time. JohnArmagh (talk) 19:08, 14 December 2014 (UTC)

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