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Waterville, Dublin well put together article for a new editor could do with some references to support the text to help improve it. User:MikeBeckett Please do say 'Hi!' 01:13, 17 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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copy that to WP:BLPN#James O'Higgins Norman‎, other BLPs & a knighthood from a dubious order, not just the talk page. Dougweller (talk) 18:09, 26 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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hello there - someone has removed earlier articles on the O'Higgins Clan of Ireland and link the disambugation to the O'Higgins family page. This is incorrect - the family are a distince noble family from Ireland whereas the wider clan is a kinship group of which the family are members. There should be two articles and I am happy to write for both but I cant seem to find where to start a new page and how to de-link the clan from the family page?

Thank you Ollamhnua (talk) 14:57, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

While we once had an article on the O'Higgins clan, it didn't cite reliable sources backing up the information, such as textbooks on Irish history or articles in reputable magazines. In fact, it gave no indication that the various O'Higginses actually all belonged to the same clan. Thus what could be used of it was merged into the article on the family.

You can use the Article Wizard to write a new draft that summarizes what such sources report about the clan. Please note that we also have an article entitled Ó hUiginn, though that too is in dire need of work - right now it basically duplicates O'Higgins (surname). Huon (talk) 15:24, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This is very helpful - I will improve the article called Ó hUiginn but can you change the name of it to O'Higgins Clan? If not then I suggest that it be taken down totally and I will write a more scholarly piece that covers what the clan is/was. Thank you for your help, Ollamhnua (talk) 15:32, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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