User:Asarlaí

Asarlaí is an Irish word meaning "wizard" and is roughly pronounced. →í

My main fields of work on Wikipedia are Irish history, mythology, geography and place-names.

I have also compiled a Romanic→Germanic wordlist for English, which among other things should be useful for Plain English writing.

=Contributions= The following is a list of articles that I've created, made major additions to, and/or substantially re-written. Articles I've started are marked with a star (*).

Ancient and medieval Ireland

 * Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland – wrote much of the article (stats)
 * Gaels; Gaelic Ireland – wrote most of the Culture and society section (stats)

Gaelic festivals
 * Samhain – wrote much of the article (stats)
 * Imbolc – wrote much of the article (stats)
 * Beltane – wrote much of the article (stats)
 * Lughnasadh – wrote much of the article (stats)

Ancient sites
 * Navan Fort – wrote much of the article (stats)
 * Hill of Tara – expanded in May 2019
 * Hill of Uisneach – wrote much of the article (stats)
 * Newgrange

Mythology
 * Lebor Gabála Érenn
 * Tuatha Dé Danann
 * Donn – wrote much of the article (stats)
 * Fianna – wrote much of the article (stats)

Colonial-era Ireland

 * Portadown massacre – wrote much of the article (stats)
 * Irish Rebellion of 1641
 * Clandeboye massacre
 * Plantations of Ireland – wrote the East Ulster section

Modern Irish history

 * Drumcree conflict – wrote most of the article (stats)
 * Ulster loyalism – wrote most of the article (stats)

Irish revolution
 * Timeline of the Irish War of Independence
 * Easter Rising – expanded in March/April 2016
 * First Dáil – wrote much of the article (stats)
 * The Troubles in Northern Ireland (1920–1922)
 * Partition of Ireland – re-wrote and expanded in April/May 2021
 * Sack of Balbriggan – wrote most of the article (stats)
 * Burning of Cork – re-wrote and expanded in Aug 2012, helping raise it to B Class
 * Bloody Sunday (1920)
 * Bloody Sunday (1921)
 * Black and Tans

The Troubles
 * Timeline of the Northern Ireland Troubles
 * Timeline of Ulster Volunteer Force actions
 * Timeline of Ulster Defence Association actions
 * Timeline of Irish National Liberation Army actions
 * 1969 Northern Ireland riots – helped to expand and re-write in Feb 2011
 * 1970 Battle of St Matthew's – wrote most of the article (stats)
 * 1970 Falls Curfew – wrote most of the article (stats)
 * 1971 Operation Demetrius – expanded in Dec 2011
 * 1971 McGurk's Bar bombing – wrote most of the article (stats)
 * 1972 Bloody Sunday
 * 1972 Bloody Friday
 * 1972 Battle at Springmartin*
 * 1972 Operation Motorman
 * 1975 Tullyvallen massacre – wrote most of the article (stats)
 * 1976 Reavey and O'Dowd killings – wrote most of the article (stats)
 * 1976 Kingsmill massacre
 * 1981 Altnaveigh landmine attack
 * 1983 Harrods bombing – expanded in Dec 2013
 * 1987 Loughgall ambush
 * 1988 Milltown Cemetery attack – expanded in March 2013, helping raise it to B Class
 * 1988 Ballygawley bus bombing* – started and wrote most of the article (stats)
 * 1990 Downpatrick landmine attack
 * 1990 proxy bombs – wrote most of the section on the October 1990 bombings
 * 1991 Craigavon mobile shop killings – wrote most of the article (stats)
 * 1992 Teebane bombing* – started and wrote most of the article (stats)
 * 1993 Castlerock killings
 * 1993 Greysteel massacre
 * 1994 Loughinisland massacre – wrote much of the article (stats)
 * 1996 London Docklands bombing – wrote most of the article (stats)
 * 2001 Holy Cross dispute – wrote most of the article (stats)
 * Military Reaction Force – wrote most of the article (stats)
 * Glenanne gang
 * Republican Action Against Drugs – wrote most of the article
 * Partitionism – wrote most of the article

Places

 * Place names in Ireland
 * Armagh – wrote the History and Townlands sections
 * Croagh Patrick
 * Downpatrick – wrote the Early history section
 * Slieve Donard – wrote most of the article (stats)
 * Slieve Gullion
 * Slieve Croob
 * Slieve Commedagh*
 * Slieve Snaght
 * Slievenamon
 * Slievecallan
 * Paps of Anu
 * Lough Erne – Name, mythology and folklore
 * Lough Neagh – Mythology and folklore
 * Ram's Island
 * Croghan Hill

Other articles and lists

 * Timeline of the European migrant crisis – expanded in May 2016 (before & after)
 * List of Irish-language given names
 * List of longest placenames in Ireland
 * List of Irish round towers
 * List of wars in Great Britain*
 * Ulster English – wrote most of the Vocabulary section
 * English language spelling reform – wrote most of the lead and History section
 * Spelling Reform step 1 (SR1) – wrote most of the article

Maps created
=User pages=

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 * User:Asarlaí/English spelling reform
 * User:Asarlaí/Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English
 * User:Asarlaí/Sandbox