Talk:Ballycarry

Baile Cora or Baile Caraidh
What is the Irish Gaelic name for Ballycarry? There are two possiblities or Baile Cora [bal-a kor-a] meaning town of the causeway/ford, or Baile Caraidh [bal-a kar-ay] meaing town of the weir. The location of Ballycarry makes either name a possiblity. Baile Cora could reffer to the shallow water ford at the head of Larne Lough, not far from the present town of Ballycarry, of were now is situated a bridge across to Island Magee. Baile Caraidh could referr to a weir along the side of Larne Lough used the local resident, of which the town make have developed from the usage of the weir. Patrick McKay 'A Dictionary of Ulster Place-Names' suggests that it is Baile Cora, thought Knocknacarry up along the Glens of Antrim coast is usually translated as Cnoc na Cariadh [knok na kar-ay] meaning hill of the weir. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.143.130.230 (talk) 16:32, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

People section: Tallulah Bankhead's ancestor or not?
Greetings, everyone.

Regarding this edit to the fourth bullet under the People section made by User:Smutsie on 10 January 2010: Although I have no doubt that this edit is well-intentioned, it unfortunately introduces contradictory information. My initial temptation is to undo the change and revert it back to the version from 26 December 2009, but I cannot justify that decision, since neither the original text nor the new text cite any references to support their assertions. Therefore, given my inability to independently verify or refute either assertion, I feel they both should be given equal weight.

I am also mildly concerned about the use of the term "gggggrandfather": it seems to be an abbreviated substitution for the rather onerous term "great-great-great-great-grandfather" but, according to Wikipedia article on Grandparent, I believe that the term "fourth great grandfather" might be more acceptable.

I have posted my concerns on the editor's User talk:Smutsie page, but I wanted to also post this here for discussion. Any suggestions?

Bgpaulus (talk) 19:10, 25 March 2010 (UTC)


 * In the tying-up-loose-ends department, I returned to this article today and spent some time trying to find any on-line reference to Tallulah Bankhead's UK ancestry. Since I was not successful, I've decided to remove the uncited (and, therefore, disputed) statement. During my search, however, I did find some information on the Rev. John Bankhead, which I added as a footnote citation. One could still argue that he is not a particularly notable individual (from a Wikipedia perspective), however, I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt. Also, while I was "in the neighborhood" so-to-speak, I also made a few other, minor edits to the same section, re-wording one entry and adding a couple of wikilinks. If you disagree with any of my edits then, by all means, please feel free to revert/correct them (and, if you do, then perhaps you'd also please be kind enough to drop a note onto my talk page -- I welcome any opportunity to learn from my mistakes). Sláinte! -- Bgpaulus (talk) 17:26, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

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