Talk:Lambay Island

message: It should be noted that the Viking raid on the island of Rechru in 795 may have taken place on Rathlin Island, off the northeast coast of Ireland. Rathlin and Lambay bore the same name, or similar names. The point is still under debate.
Eroica 13:42, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe that matter has been resolved. Originally it was thought 'shrine' meant 'Skye' in the piece of text. However once it was realised that it meant 'shrine', there was no longer any reason to suggest in was Rathlin. However the fact that the name 'Lambay' is of Norse origin, I think its fair to say that makes more sense. Leanseahy (talk) 20:47, 10 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Viking attack in 795

message: Per Article
:St. Colmcille is said to have established a monastic settlement on Lambay ca. 530 A.D.
St. Colmcille  would have been Nine at the time. Aatomic1 (talk) 14:07, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, life was short back then and you had to get things done early! Sarah777 (talk) 16:28, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: lol. Aatomic1 (talk) 16:35, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Further Info please

message: Pliny was a Roman writer, not Greek.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.201.74.89 (talk) 21:14, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pliny the Elder 

message: In a recently released diary of the Senior MI5 Officer Guy Liddell, he refers to a Captain Caiger of the Lambay-Rush Pigeon Service. This suggests that Eire or Britain was operating some form of communication by pigeon between Lambay island and the coastal town of Rush during WW2. It would be interesting to get to the truth of this. Of course it may have been some form of covert MI5 activity but MI5 operated very closely with their opposite numbers in Eire (G2) throughout WW2. 
Has anybody ever heard of this before or has it been a well kept secret for all these years? 
 National Archive file KV4/468 page 11 
82.19.7.34 (talk) 18:54, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lambay-Rush Pigeon Service in  WW2   

message: I know it seems very trivial, but the Irish Times amongst other publications has mentioned Wallabies on Lambay. However, at present the article says they have never been sighted on the island. I think that needs a source at the very least, as there either is a population on the island or there isn't. O lockers (talk) 20:37, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Animals on the island 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: There was a Club launched with Fianna Fáil dynast and fixer fresh back from Moscow Conor Lenihan. Launched at Howth Yacht Club. Also is the current boss the former boy wonder hedge trader Alex Baring of Children’s and JPM?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.26.35.226 (talk) 10:06, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Conor Lenihan worked promoting Skolkovo Innovation Center fir Viktor Vekselberg, and perhaps was to bring some Russian investors to Lambay, which nearly had to be sold in 2011. Even a rich banking family finds a private island a great luxury, which the now-7th Lord once joked to The Times of London. 83.220.238.202 (talk) 14:08, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  I am currently engaged in an article review and overhaul, and if any referenced data is available to help, that would be most welcome. SeoR (talk) 21:47, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thank you. We need not go into Mr Lenihan in any detail - I'm sure he has an article of his own - but the bio data is noted. I seem to be seeing both 1970 and 1971 for the current Alexander Baring, will check further. SeoR (talk) 10:24, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Lambay Project 

message: Eoin Grimes, Skerries, www.skerriesseatours.com
: I think, per Google, etc., that this refers to Skerries Sea Tours, www.skerriesseatours.ie, and indeed they are mentioned on Failte, TripAdvisor and other sites, and may perhaps be edited in. SeoR (talk) 21:49, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  I cannot open the site today, not reach them by phone, but there is enough on them in multiple reliable sources to mention, operating since at least 2013, it looks like. SeoR (talk) 10:24, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  Returning to this, the website has been let go, it seems, though TripAdvisor and other sites still list the enterprise (https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g186605-d2073474-Reviews-or5-Skerries_Sea_Tours-Dublin_County_Dublin.html, etc.), so it may be that this arrangement has ended (they are not mentioned on the shiny new, apparently official, Private Island website).  Or it may have simply gone down during Covid Time; I will try to check further. SeoR (talk) 12:44, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tours / access 

message: Edwin Lutyens is important in the history of Lambay, having in some sense adopted the island and the family, and the coverage of his work there needs to be extended, no question.  
Today I see there was a back-and-forth over his ethnicity / nationality, and I think the simplest thing will be to take it out altogether, as it is not relevant to *this* article; any debates can be had at his own article.  He was *not* a member of the special sub-group known as the Anglo-Irish - but he was half-Irish (his mother was from Cork, as I recall) - but for the purpose of Lambay discussions, I think this is a "so what?" point.  His style was Arts & Crafts, and his own, and has no notable Irish elements that I know of.  It is great that people take an interest, and edit politely, and I think on this point, which was already here before I began the article review, we can simply remove it from contention. SeoR (talk) 12:08, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lutyens 

message: Facts 2A02:8084:4EE0:E880:8143:EB0D:7A89:66DE (talk) 08:52, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  English