Talk:Clannad

message: I see that 92.4.18.66 reports that Clannad have performed in Welsh. Is there any evidence for this? --Northernhenge (talk) 17:05, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Welsh??? 

message: In "Buachaill Ón Éirne" they took a traditional Irish song from their native Donegal and handled it with great tenderness and understatedness. It was the first time ever such a song featured on a chart-topping comercial album, something Clannad went on to pioneer in. Their diversity was incredibly stark, with sombre songs, traditional songs and upbeat pop songs standing side-by-side.
When Macalla was released, the listening public began to be more accepting of the mainstream material that appeared heavily on the record. Songs such as the pop-flavoured "Closer to Your Heart" and the powerful ballad "Almost Seems (Too Late To Turn)" were successful singles for the quintet. The latter even served as the official Children In Need single for 1985.
This article reads like a review with a huge bias towards the group. The above section is an example. Where did this album top the charts exactly? And how were the singles 'successful' - they both flopped in the UK Charts.--Tuzapicabit (talk) 06:17, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Per WP:NPOV we should stay away from these sorts of value judgements. We merely report what they did that can be sourced. Any opinions about the success or otherwise needs to be sourced and balanced. I've removed some of the purpler prose meantime, and added a few fact tags. --John (talk) 17:05, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

text: Lol xD I didn't say they didn't flop. I was being devil's advocate to the guy who claimed they did with no sources. On a more serious note, the bias on their soundtrack work is mortifying, anyone have any ideas for a clean-up?Filastin (talk) 23:47, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bias 

message: Máire's page currently claims that this would be released in 2009, while this page currently has Pádraig saying something similar (in a Feb 2009 interview). Does anybody have an update?  ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 13:37, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I wish I could help! All Clannad fans, including myself, have asked this question throughout the years. Clannad have been "working on" a new album for almost 15 years now, but this is the latest news report available [= Filastin (talk) 21:49, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, clearly I've inadvertently hit a sore spot - sorry! It would probably help the article (and Máire's) if something to this effect was added - do you fancy doing the deed?  ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 23:49, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  unplugged album? 

message: I propose that Ciarán Brennan be merged here, and Pádraig Duggan and Noel Duggan be merged to The Duggans. All three biographies have insufficient content to justify remaining as separate articles. – Fayenatic (talk) 18:28, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: – Fayenatic L (talk) 19:21, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merger of band member biographies 

message: "Clannad are a family band composed of siblings Moya Brennan (Irish: Máire Ní Bhraonáin), Ciarán Brennan (Irish: Ciarán Ó Braonáin), Pól Brennan (Irish: Pól Ó Braonáin)." Why is Maire "bHrao..." and the others "brao...". If it is a mistake, which is wrong? -- SGBailey (talk) 17:32, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It's correct: it's Gaelic grammar. The initial letter is "aspirated" i.e. an 'h' is added when certain initial letters (including B) are preceded by "Ní" (meaning "daughter of"). It changes the pronunciation from "B" to "Vr". DeCausa (talk) 17:36, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

text: It's called Lenition. See this. DeCausa (talk) 17:41, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Irish surname spellings

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message: This article says Enya left Clannad in 1981 and Enya says it was 1982. Which is it? Stifle (talk) 08:20, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradiction with [[Enya]] 

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message: The Web site of the band states that the 2020 Tour will be their final one, especially since one of the band members is now gone. 
I think it would be a good idea to include that into the main article.
I can confirm that there at least is a 2020 tour, sincde I have bought a concert ticket only recently. Alrik Fassbauer (talk) 19:51, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: "Farewell Tour"

message: I've changed the IPA for "Clannad" in this article from [kl̪ˠan̪ˠad̪ˠ] to [ˈkl̪ˠan̪ˠəd̪ˠ] which I feel is more accurate.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Radicalkiwi (talk • contribs) 14:42, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changed the IPA 

message: Pageview statistics indicate that Clannad (video game) gets roughly as many and often more pageviews than this page per day. I therefore propose switching Clannad to the disambiguation page, not this one. I notice this was discussed above, but it's been more than ten years since. Banedon (talk) 05:24, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I have gone ahead and made this move. Banedon (talk) 01:52, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: You broke a whole lot of links with that move. Suggest you propose a move discussion to establish clearer consensus. older ≠ wiser 02:46, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirect to disambiguation page 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: No consensus   — Amakuru (talk) 01:52, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: The pageviews for Clannad (video game) pre-November 2020 were so low that I couldn't believe it. Checking the history, at the end of December 2020 the article Clannad (visual novel) was renamed to Clannad (video game). Clannad (visual novel) had comfortably more pageviews than Clannad, c.f. . Also the Google Scholar search for Clannad (music) can be misleading - it will after all find results for the music of the game. Searching for Clannad music -game yields 299 results. Banedon (talk) 21:29, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: PS: The RM doesn't say Clannad should be redirected to Clannad_(video game). It says redirect to disambiguation page. Your statistics actually make it seem pretty clear that Clannad (video game) is, at least, nearly as notable as Clannad. Banedon (talk) 21:37, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 12 August 2021 

message: The Irish language is repeatedly called "Gaelic" in this article, despite the fact that Wikipedia's own page calls it, quite correctly, Irish. In two decades I have NEVER heard anyone in Ireland refer to the language otherwise, at least, not while speaking English. In Irish it's "Gaeilge", which is also not "Gaelic". Perhaps only linguists refer to it as Gaelic, when relating the language to others. Since this is not a page about linguistics, it would seem the case is closed. Can someone with more patience than I please change this?
Robin726 (talk) 01:56, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Johnro76 (talk) 15:51, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Irish language, not Gaelic