Talk:Free Wales Army
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Is the group still active?--Rhydd Meddwl 19:37, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] WRA
My history techer claimed to have met the entire Welsh Republican Army, who numbered about half a dozen. Does anyone know if any such organisation ever exised?
[edit] Name of the insignia
I think the eagle is 'eryr gwyn' rather than 'eryr wen'. I have changed the article accordingly. However, there is a slim chance i'm wrong.
-- Tomos ap Bruce 2007-01-14 19:13 +0000 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.56.121.64 (talk) 19:13, 14 January 2007 (UTC).
- Flagspot's article on the White Eagle of Wales flag gives both names, unsourced. --Stlemur 19:23, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
I've dug into the grammar a bit, and my impression has been reinforced:
'eryr' means 'eagle', and both 'gwyn' and 'wen' mean white, but the former is, to gloss over the details of Welsh grammar, the form used with masculine nouns, and the latter that with feminine nouns (okay, that's actually 'gwen', but the leading g gets removed by a soft mutation when following a feminine noun, see?). Since 'eryr' is masculine, 'eryr gwyn' is correct. However, i am by no means a Welsh speaker, so i could have the wrong end of the stick here. Both forms can be seen in the wild (ie on the intertron), in broadly similar numbers, which is weird.
Accordingly, i've gone back on my word, and haven't changed the article.
-- Tom
[edit] Original research
In sources, "Testimony given by past members" implies original research very strongly to me. me_and 18:07, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
I was shocked to read here that Cosslett had died in 2004. This to me is an indication that more original research is needed before this information is lost forever - although by the very nature of the activities I can see that some people might not want to be talking much about their past activities. To my knowledge only one book in english deals with MAC/Free Wales Army and that is "To dream of freedom" which I found very useful although from an historian's perspective it is probably a bit biased towrds the rebels. (I am not dismissing the Welsh language sources but not being fluent - to my shame - I cannot comment on them)Perhaps evidence trawled from period documents might be useful on here? For example, the transcripts of the police interviews could give new insights but I do know if this sort of information is available to public or not. (I suspect not, depite the time that has lapsed since the interviews)
Taff —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.67.185.123 (talk) 18:59, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Number of members
This article claims that the number of active members is unknown, then says there were 2000. Which should we stick with? Helikophis (talk) 14:45, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
