Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Islandbridge
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The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 14:01, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
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Battle of Islandbridge[edit]
- ... that six Irish kings died in the Battle of Islandbridge?
- Reviewed: RedCloud (rapper)
Created by Retroplum (talk). Self nominated at 21:22, 7 March 2015 (UTC).
New enough, long enough, facts and hook well-cited. No obvious problems. The hook could be more "hooky" though. But I guess six kings dying in the same battle sort of covers that. – Elisson • T • C • 00:12, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
The article is a little confusing about how many kings joined the coalition and how many kings died in battle. The first sentence under "The battle" lists 5 kings:- In 919 a number of Irish kings banded together to try to expel the Vikings from Dublin once more. The known kings who took part in this coalition were Niall Glúndub of the Northern Uí Néill, Áed mac Eochocáin of Ulster, Máel Mithig mac Flannacain of Brega, Mael Craibe mac Duibsinig of Airgíalla, and Conchobar mac Flainn of Mide.
- The third paragraph mentions six kings dying:
- The battle was an overwhelming victory for the Vikings; Niall and five of his ally kings died in the battle alongside many other Irish nobles. The six slain kings were Niall Glúndub of the Northern Uí Néill, Áed mac Eochocáin of Ulster, Máel Mithig mac Flannacain of Brega, Mael Craibe mac Duibsinig of Airgíalla, Conchobar mac Flainn of Mide, and Cellach mac Fogartaig of South Brega.
- Should the sixth ally king be added to the first paragraph? Yoninah (talk) 22:37, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
