Talk:Affreca de Courcy

Terminology
Article wraps itself in knots insisting on terming the 'incomers' (as if the existing population were not incomers at a prior point in time) as 'English or Anglo-Norman'.

Surely Anglo-Norman or simply Norman suffices?

If it doesn't then the 'Norman invasion of Ireland' also needs to change?

Note 1 claims that 'contemporary Irish sources' refer to 'the incomers' as English.

This cannot be true, as 'English' is itself an English word, and these sources were written in Gaelic.

Sassenachs is almost certainly what is being referred to, and that means Saxons (or Anglo-Saxons).

So the contemporary source is as least as muddled as the claimed muddling in the (peer reviewed, accurate, professional histories) which use 'Normans' etc

The Vikings were not generally referred to at the time as 'Vikings' either but it would be wrong to insist that that term is struck from the historical record.

The introduction strikes an Irish nationalist tone, as written, insisting that 'the English' invaded in 1169, but also claiming that Dublin was only 'somewhat' independent and had a 'Norse-Gaelic' King, instead of simply a Norse King. 78.19.16.56 (talk) 19:13, 24 May 2017 (UTC)