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This is part of the Ireland Managed Profiles Team which is part of the Ireland Project.
Introduction
For an introduction to the concept of Project-Managed Profiles, please read the help page.
For Project-Protection, please read the help page.
Historically the Irish Roots template was applied to a large number of profiles that were not managed by the project. A clean-up exercise was undertaken in April/May 2019 to limit the template to Project-Managed Profiles (as at May 25 there remain a small number of closed profiles not yet moved by their owners). The 'Ireland Native' and 'Irish Clans' stickers are available to apply to non-Project-Managed profiles.
Goal
The overarching goal of this team is to honour the memory of men and women who have made a significant contribution to Irish culture and heritage through any sphere of activity, be that military, political, religious, sporting or cultural.
What We Do
The Ireland Project manages profiles of notable Irish people who are important to Irish history and culture. The Wikitree Notabability test is a useful reference for notability.
We honour these people by:
- adopting their profile if they are Wikitree orphans
- becoming co-managers if the profile already has a manager
- improving their profile with a detailed and researched biography, sources and links
- maintaining the integrity of the profile.
The Ireland Project protects a profile if:
- aspects of their history are contentious, unproven or speculative
- the biography or comments indicate that there has been dispute about the identity of the person, key details of the person’s life, or their descendants or ancestors, or there have been previous G2G posts requesting that the profile be locked
- the profile is prone to duplication
- the Last Name at Birth (LNAB) is unstable
- the profile is at least 200 years old or notable.
The Ireland Project protects a profile by:
- either adopting an orphaned profile or becoming a co-manager
- applying PPP status which locks the LNAB and the parents of the profile person
- researching the profile history using reliable sources and improving the biography if required
- encouraging and leading discussion about the profile person and their family on G2G
- maintaining the integrity of the finished profile by keeping it on our watchlist.
Links to British History
The often violent and emotive nature of historic relationship between Ireland and England, and the religious aspects of this, means key figures from Irish history are often not treated with objectivity. The Project will aim to deal with contentious figures from a neutral perspective.
Another aspect of this relationship is there are often cases where important figures in history may be born in Ireland but not considered Irish. The lauded explorer Ernest Shackleton is one such example. The Project will interact with other relevant teams (e.g. Notables, England Project) to determine the best way to manage such examples.
Project-Protected Profiles
The current list of suggested / actual Project-Protected Profiles is set out below:
High Kings of Ireland
Please also refer to the Sub-Project Page.
Taoisigh (Deceased)
Name Date(s) Manager(s) PPP Status/Notes IR Template WT Cosgrave 1880-1965 Jason Cottrell
Irish RootsPresident of the Executive Council 1922-1932 Yes Eamon de Valera 1882-1975 Irish Roots
Leigh MurrinPresident of the Executive Council 1932-1937
Taoiseach 1937-1948, 1951-1954, 1957-1959Yes John A Costello 1891-1976 Irish Roots
Jason CottrellTaoiseach 1948-1951, 1954-1957 Yes Sean Lemass 1899-1971 Irish Roots Taoiseach 1959-1966 Yes Jack Lynch 1917-1999 Irish Roots
Jason CottrellTaoiseach 1966-1973, 1977-1979 Yes Liam Cosgrave 1920-2017 Jason Cottrell
Irish RootsBiography required Yes Charles Haughey 1925-2006 Irish Roots Taoiseach 1979-1981, 1982, 1987-1992
Biography requiredYes Garret Fitzgerald 1926-2011 Taoiseach 1982-1987
Profile needs creatingAlbert Reynolds 1932-2014 Taoiseach 1992-1994
Profile needs creating
Executed Easter Rising Leaders
Easter Rising/Civil War Leaders
Name Date(s) Manager(s) PPP Status/Notes IR Template Michael Collins 1890 - 1922 David Loring
Irish RootsAlready PPP Yes Countess Markievicz 1868 - 1927 Kaye Garrick Already PPP No Richard Mulcahy 1886 - 1971 Irish Roots Bio required Yes Kevin O'Higgins 1888 - 1916 Gerard Madden Bio rewrite and sources No Arthur Griffith 1871 - 1922 Richard Devlin
Irish RootsBio rewrite Yes Liam Lynch 1893 - 1923 David Loring
Irish RootsNeeds PP Yes Frank Aiken 1898 - 1983 David Loring
Irish RootsNeeds PPP Yes George Oliver Michael Plunkett 1894-1944 David Loring
Irish RootsNot PPP Yes Eoin MacNeill 1867-1945 Jason Cottrell
Irish RootsPPP Yes
Irish Revolutionaries and Reformers
Name Date(s) Manager(s) PPP Status/Notes IR Template Wolfe Tone 1763-1798 Wynd Castle PPP Yes Daniel O'Connell 1775-1847 Veronica Williams
Irish RootsAlready PPP Yes Robert Emmet 1778-1803 Valerie Kerr PPP Yes
Irish Suffragettes
Name Date(s) Manager(s) PPP Status/Notes IR Template Maud Gonne 1866-1953 Irish Roots PPP Yes Eva Gore-Booth 1870-1926 Irish Roots PPP Yes Anna Maria Haslam 1829-1922 Irish Roots PPP Yes Mary Teresa Hayden 1862-1942 Irish Roots PPP Yes Kathleen Florence Lynn 1874-1955 Irish Roots PPP Yes Helena Malony 1883-1967 Irish Roots PPP Yes Jennie Wyse Power 1858-1941 Irish Roots PPP Yes Frances Power Cobbe 1822-1904 Irish Roots PPP Yes
Please see this page on Irish Suffragettes for more information. These profiles were adopted June 29 2019 as they had all been orphaned.
The Troubles
Name Date(s) Manager(s) Status/Notes Action Gerry Adams 1948- Living, profile may exist Sinn Fein politician Create profile if not extant Bishop Edward Daly D.D. 1933-2016 None Key figure on Bloody Sunday Bio addition, PM, PP and IR John Hume 1937- Living, profile may exist Leader SDLP, key figure in Good Friday Agreement Create profile Mairead Maguire 1944- Profile does not exist Nobel Peace Prize Winner 1976 Create profile Martin McGuinness 1950-2017 Profile does not exist Sinn Fein politician Create profile Marjorie 'Mo' Mowlam 1949-2005 Profile does not exist NI Secretary Create Profile Ian Paisley 1926-2014 None Loyalist politician PM, PP and IR Bobby Sands 1954-1981 Nan Lambert IRA member and hunger striker Needs PM, PP and IR Betty Williams 1943- Living, profile may exist Nobel Peace Prize Winner 1976 Create profile if not extant
Irish Saints and Religious Figures
Name Date(s) Manager(s) PPP Status/Notes IR Template Saint Oliver Plunkett 1625-1681 Sunny Clark
Irish RootsPPP Yes
Kings of Leix Sub-Project
Name Date(s) Manager(s) PPP Status/Notes IR Template Rory O'More 1600-1655 Irish Roots and John Cherry PPP Yes Rory Caech O'More 1510-1546 Irish Roots and John Cherry PPP Yes Rory Oge O'More 1537-1578 Irish Roots and John Cherry PPP Yes Concoiccriche O'More 290-? Irish Roots and John Cherry PPP Yes Connell m'Melaghlin O'More 1490-1537 Irish Roots and John Cherry PPP Yes David m'Lisagh O'More 1310- Irish Roots and John Cherry PPP Yes Donnell m'Owny O'More 1426-1467 Irish Roots and John Cherry PPP Yes Fachtna m'David O'More 1340-1377 Irish Roots and John Cherry PPP Yes Gilpatrick m'Fachtna O'More 1370-1405 Irish Roots and John Cherry PPP Yes Lisagh m'Neill O'More 1280-1346 Irish Roots and John Cherry PPP Yes Lisagh O'More 1220-? Irish Roots and John Cherry PPP Yes Neill m'Lisagh O'More 1250-? Irish Roots and John Cherry PPP Yes Owny m'Gillapatrick O'More 1400-1455 Irish Roots and John Cherry PPP Yes
Please see the project Space for more information.
Other
Name Date(s) Manager(s) PPP Status/Notes IR Template Arthur Guinness 1725-1803 Irish Roots, Phil Richardson and Andrew Sich PPP - founder of Guinness Yes
These profiles do not fit into any of the groups above but are central to Irish culture and/or history for another reason.
Other Research Projects
Name Date(s) Manager(s) PPP Status/Notes IR Template Patrick Johnson 1717-1782 Irish Roots and Connie Graves PPP Yes
Proposed Project - Norman Knights in Ireland
Name Date(s) Manager(s) PPP Status/Notes IR Template John de Courcy 1170-1219 Irish Roots and Robert Weaver PPP Yes
A project to rationalise the profiles of the Norman knights involved in the Norman invasion of Ireland and its aftermath has been suggested. Please contact a member of the team if you are interested in this.
Project-Managed Profiles
A list of Project-Managed profiles (i.e. excluding PPPs) or those profiles identified for other action is shown below:
Project-Managed Profiles
Name Date(s) Manager(s) Status/Notes Action Phil Lynott 1949-1986 Irish Roots Musician - needs bio and sources PMP Finghin "Fineen of Ringrone" MacCarthy ?-1261 Irish Roots King of Desmond PMP WB Yeats 1865-1939 Irish Roots Author PMP Father John Murphy 1753-1798 Irish Roots Executed leader of 1798 rebellion PMP
- A project on the 1798 rebellion could be undertaken to improve the profiles related to that event.
Ireland Profiles Requiring Attention
Name Date(s) Manager(s) Status/Notes Action Richard Harris 1930-2002 Actor - needs profile Create profile Dave Allen O'Mahony 1936-2005 Nathan Kennedy Comedian - needs bio, sources Highlight to Irish Notables Terry Wogan 1938-2016 Roni Lepore Radio/TV Highlight to Irish Notables Rory Gallagher 1948-1995 Musician - needs profile Create profile Samuel Beckett 1906-1989 Sheila X Author - needs bio and sources Highlight to Irish Notables Seamus Heaney 1939-2013 Author - needs profile Create profile George Best 1946-2005 Valerie Kerr Footballer - bio needs rewrite Should be Irish Notable Joey Dunlop 1952-2000 Motorcyclist - needs profile Create profile Alex Higgins 1949-2010 Snooker - needs profile Create profile
Profiles From Error Reports
Name Date(s) Manager(s) Status/Notes Action Row 4 Hansford Garvin Hamilton 1700-1772 Multiple, including Irish Roots In dispute Resolve dispute Honora Mary (O'Flynn) Logsdon 1681-1741 Multiple IR and PP Discuss status Row 5 Patrick (Cotter) O'Brien 1760-1806 Irish Roots PM and PP, not Irish Roots Discuss status Thomas Francis Meagher III 1823-1867 Irish Roots PM and PP, not Irish Roots Discuss status Row 9 Justin "Viscount Mountcashel, Lord Mountcashel" McCarty aka McCarthy 1643-1694 Multiple PM and IR Discuss status
There are also a number of profiles on row 12 of the status report, i.e. they have the Irish Roots template but are not PMed or PPed. Profile managers have been requested to replace the template.
PPPs to Discuss
The following profiles are PPP (i.e. managed by Irish Roots, have the Irish Roots template and are Project-Protected - Status Report Row 1) and do not fit into the categories outlined above.
Name Date(s) Manager(s) Description Diarmait Airmetaig 620-689 Irish Roots and David Rentschler King of Uisnech James (Audley) de Audley 1220-1272 Multiple Justiciar for Ireland Francis Athy 1614-1666 Multiple Sheriff of Galway Walter Athy 1580-1656 Multiple Unclear Catherine (Brennan) Roberts 1784-1858 Multiple Irish convict Muriel Enid MacDonagh formerly Gifford 1885-1917 David Loring
Irish RootsWife of Thomas Macdonagh Augaire mac Ailella formerly Leinster aka Rí Laighean 870-915 Irish Roots and Katherine Wall King of Laigin John Lowry 1630-1689 Various Gentleman Cellach mac Cearbhall 840-908 Irish Roots and Wendy Hampton King of Osriage Donnchad MacCellaig ?-976 Various King of Osriage Murchad mac Diarmato 660-715 Various King of Uisnech Donnchad Midi mac Domnaill 733-797 Various High King of Ireland Conchobar mac Donnchada ?-833 Irish Roots High King of Ireland (with opposition) Giollapatraic MacDonnchada 948-996 Irish Roots King of Osriage Fergus Mór mac Eirc formerly Maceric aka macEarca 450-501 Various King of Dál Riata, King of Dalriada, Fergus the Great, 131st King of Ireland Conall mac Fáelán 600-? Various King of Leinster Domhnall Mac Murchada ?-763 Various High King of Ireland, King of Uisnech, King of Mide (Meath), King of Tara Teige MacMahon Before 1615- Irish Roots and British Aristos and Veronica Williams Chief of Clare Edward (O Flynn) O' Flynn 1663-1750 Various Unclear Aodh "Remhar" O'Neill ?-1364 Irish Roots O'Neill dynasty Aodh an Macaoimh Tóinleasg O'Neill ?-1177 Irish Roots O'Neill dynasty Brian Catha an Duin (O'Neill) Ua Néill ?-1260 Irish Roots O'Neill dynasty Domhnall O'Neill ?-1325 Irish Roots O'Neill dynasty Eoghan Mor O'Neill ?-1456 Irish Roots O'Neill dynasty Malachy O'Neill 1130-1185 Irish Roots and Karen Andersen O'Neill dynasty Murcertac O'Neill ?-1202 Irish Roots and Adam McQuery O'Neill dynasty Niall Mor O'Neilll ?-1397 Irish Roots O'Neill dynasty Niall "Ruadh" O'Neill ?-1226 Irish Roots O'Neill dynasty Niall O'Neill formerly ONeill 1130-1176 Irish Roots and Adam McQuery O'Neill dynasty Niall Og O'Neill 1370-1403 Irish Roots O'Neill dynasty Teige MacGilla Patraic formerly Ossory 990-1027 Irish Roots Kingdom of Ossary Aodh Athlomhan Uí Néill 1000-1033 Irish Roots Heir of Aileach
Project-Managed or Project-Protected Suggestions
To suggest a profile for Project Management or Project Protection, please contact:
- {{Stevens-17832|Jen Hutton]].
Irish Notables
Profiles classified as 'Irish Notables' can be found here:
Ireland Notables Category
Status Report
NB Please ignore row 8; this contains errors not related to the Ireland Project. One of the goals of the team should be to keep empty all rows from 3 to 15 (excluding 8).
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