Talk:Battle of Arklow

Latest comment: 8 years ago by Usedtoknowthat in topic British Forces

Untitled edit

Nice article.

Counter attack edit

It is not clear which side was the loser in The Government’s first counter attack against the rebels had resulted in a heavy and demoralising defeat at Tuberneering on June 4.. "in its heavy ... defeat? --Red King 16:33, 26 July 2005 (UTC)"Reply

Thanks Red, I take the point and have amended but the sentence was followed by the one "The rebel victory had punched a massive hole in the dragnet..." etc . --damnbutter

Request more background. edit

Hi! The author obviously knows about this subject, but I don't know enough about it to put it in context. Would it be possible to provide a bit of "background to the background"? I am passingly interested in the role of Francis Needham. Alternatively, would you mind adding a line, or even just a phrase to Francis Needham's page describing his contribution to the Battle of Arklow? And the effect this had within the Irish Rebellion? Thanks! DMichael6 (talk) 10:14, 25 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

British Forces edit

I added some detail on the British forces in Arklow and gave a reference for it. The reference, Ward is itself a secondary reference listing, Froud, The English in Ireland vol3 p478, Maxwell History of the Rebellion p131 and Musgrave History vol1 p540, but I have none of those and suspect they're quite old. I also changed grapeshot to cannister, as the former is naval.

Usedtoknowthat (talk) 14:23, 30 August 2015 (UTC)Reply