Talk:Sean Kelly (cyclist)

message: This tribute clearly lacks the detailed biography that this fine cyclist clearly deserves, and somebody with the facts and dates to hand should add them as soon as possible. —The preceding comment was added by 80.212.178.214 (talk) 09:13, December 19, 2004
Fair comment, but not in the article.  Alai 03:22, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: More Work Needed

message: Under early professional career this article describes Kellys first classic win in 1983 but in fact his carreer began in 1977 and 1978 which included a tour stage win and a win over merckx in 1977 shouldnt these be early professsional career highlight? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dawesaudax (talk • contribs).
:Find sources and Be bold! -SeveroTC 10:16, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added alot of stuff just now regarding Sean Kelly's early career, I quoted a book by David Walsh which is called Kelly; I found on the internet two ISBNs for this book so I didn't know which one to use. Also the reference to the Sean Kelly Square in Carrick on Suir is placed there, after the end of the 1982 season because the square was presented to him after his successes in Europe and specifically after his bronze medal in the World Championship road race. I can also add information regarding his Nissan Classic wins and his Tour of Spain wins but firstly I just want to see if this information and the references are suitable. --Dawesaudax 06:42, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Good work! LDHan 15:09, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Early Professional Career

message: According to the book Kelly:A biography of Sean Kelly by David Walsh () p29 "the new baby was christened John James, after his father. But, in the great tradition of Irish curiosities, his name was immediately changed to Sean so that he would not be confused with his dad, the real John James Kelly. Now neither version is known by the names which appear on their birth certificates. The senior one is Jack and the son is Sean." 
so according to the book, from this specific paragraph Sean is on the birth cert...--Dawesaudax 19:24, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you mean Sean is not on the birth cert. ? Doctormatt 20:03, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the book says both Jack and Sean Kelly have "John James Kelly" on their birth certificates. LDHan 20:09, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The above excerpt from the book that I typed in there is the only thing in that book (which is from spring 87) that mentions this. There is a second biography that maybe has it written differently and could therefore be interpreted easier. But when I first read it i thought that at the christening it was John James but that if the birth cert was at a later time it was Sean but I made a mistake - I think the birth cert says John, --Dawesaudax 20:19, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: First name

message: This is an excellent article. should it be sent forward for featured status ?--— ⦿⨦⨀Tumadoireacht Talk/Stalk 10:55, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: There's a couple of dead links to cleanup first but no reason after that why it shouldn't be put forward. However, I would go for Good Article status first as a stepping-stone. The only other road cyclist to have GA status (none have FA) is Alberto Contador (promoted with this revision) so you could take a look there for ideas on anything missing. SeveroTC 15:34, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  featured status ? 

message: I have again removed the section on cow shite and as per WP:BRD and brought the topic here for discussion. I believe that not only is the section trivia but also the title is offensive. It has not place here on or anywhere on this project. I am off course only one and will welcome others opinions. Bjmullan (talk) 17:43, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cow Shite section 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: As Kelly is generally agreed to be the leading cyclist Ireland has produced, followed by Stephen Roche and Shay Elliott, this seems the right place to put this. So I just wanted to bring up the question, should there be a section on each of their pages, or better an overall page on Irish cycling with such a section, putting this together. While Ireland has only produced 3 truly top rank cyclists, this is actually punching above weight for a small ans remote country.  In the Shay Elliott era, when even the UK was marginal to world cycling (which was dominated by 3-4 "big" European countries, backed by 2-3 smaller ones), Elliott was arguably more than the UK produced (Simpson and Robinson would be the competition, perhaps). And later Ireland had Kelly and Roche, while the UK had to wait for Wiggins and Froome much later to get anywhere similar (and I think many would argue the Irish pair, especially Kelly, are ahead). All in all, and with space for Martin Earley, the Kimmages, and a few others, some general perspective on cycling in Ireland seems wanting.79.104.4.174 (talk) 07:18, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section or article on Ireland's top cyclists, or cycling as a whole 

message: Despite Cycleranking giving his dob as 24 May, the archived page  gives 21 May. The Eurosport team also celebrated his birthday with him on 21 May, this week. Nthep (talk) 15:08, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birthday