Talk:Seán Lemass

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Authenticity check: A search reveals that the phrase "regarded by many" appears in the text. Is the phrase a symptom of a dubious statement? Could a source be quoted instead? Perhaps the "many" could be identified? Might text be edited to more genuinely reflect specific facts? Wetman

[edit] Age

There's confusion about whether he was born in 1889 or c1900 throughout the article - it describes hims as being only 59 when he succeeded deV and 71 when he died but that doesn't match his given birthdate. Which is right? Timrollpickering 16:56, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tom Garvin

I added a reference and ISBN for Tom Garvin's (Professor of politics at UCD) book which has just been removed. Reasons for removal, please, or put it back.Stamboul 14:38, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Neutrality claims

" It was a crucial role for the officially neutral Ireland (in fact, as since released government papers by Ronan Fanning, professor at University College Dublin, show, the neutrality was to a significant part fiction, with the Irish government secretly aiding the Allies; the date of D-Day, for example, was decided because of weather forecasts from Ireland, which indicated the incoming weather systems from the Atlantic, the right weather being crucial to the success of the Normandy landings)."

Unless someone can provide some sort of basis for this claim I feel that it should be removed. Aside from being poorly written it is a pretty outrageous claim to make without some kind of evidence to back it upBrenji (talk) 18:16, 4 April 2008 (UTC)