Talk:Eaton Stannard Barrett

Date of death
The entry says "He appears to have died of tuberculosis in 1820" but without providing a source. In fact a second edition of ""Woman: a Poem" was published in London in 1822, with an introduction by Barrett, so he was presumably still alive then. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=RYxfAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22Eaton+Stannard+Barrett%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Eaton%20Stannard%20Barrett%22&f=false — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dracascot (talk • contribs) 18:46, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

Unencyclopaedic tone?
This section- "In Young Ireland: A Fragment of Irish History, 1840–1845. Final Revision, Charles Gavin Duffy claims that one of Daniel O'Connell's close allies during the Repeal movement – and his least reputable associate – was Eaton Stannard Barrett's "brother" Richard Barrett. Duffy writes that both Richard and Eaton were "Tory newspapermen" and that Richard converted to Repeal and consequently published Dublin's Repeal newspaper The Pilot. However, since Duffy characterizes all of the Repealers brought to the 1844 State Trials as being "in the flush of manhood" except for Thomas Steele and Daniel O'Connell, it seems unlikely that Eaton was Richard's brother – perhaps his father or a cousin or uncle?" - while citing Duffy, appears to be presenting his statement regarding the relationship between E. S. Barrett and Richard Barrett, then drawing a conclusion not contained within that text regarding the likelihood of this relationship, i.e. that Duffy was likely mistaken. Irrespective of the truth of the matter, an editor taking exception with Duffy is insufficient grounds to raise this question; if any other reliable published sources have addressed the issue of Duffy's potential misidentification, they ought to be cited. It doesn't appear Duffy was the source of this alleged relationship; see https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Compendium_of_Irish_Biography/Barrett,_Eaton_Stannard (this from 1877), also https://www.dib.ie/biography/barrett-eaton-stannard-a0402 and https://www.dib.ie/biography/barrett-richard-a0410, which give the two men as born within a decade of each other. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.109.202.40 (talk) 02:46, 14 January 2022 (UTC)