User talk:Fturley

Ballinasloe
I note your insistance that the Grellan should not be named on the Ballinasloe page. Rather than deleting it over and over again, you might take the time to explain why you don't believe it should be included. I accept you're rather new to this Wikipedia thing, but deleting material (however small) without explanation is just not on.--Damac 05:36, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

I don't see why we have to link religious symbols to Ballinasloe unless one is trying to impose their religious beliefs. Lets keep the information useful for the outside world with practical data. I think the rest of the article is very good.


 * Mentioning the name of a patron saint is not pushing religion. It's meerly stating fact. In this case, mentioning the name of Grellan is relevant considering that a number of places are named after him. The history of Ballinasloe is linked to the figure of Grellan, whether he existed or not, just as the history of Clonfert is related to Brendan, etc.
 * As regards keeping Wikipedia for "practical data", what then is all that stuff on the Kiltormer website about some GAA guy from Offaly? --Damac 09:25, 27 April 2006 (UTC)