Talk:Battle of the Curragh

Annals of the Four Masters

The Annals of the Four Masters describes the battle: Richard, the son of William Mareschal, having rebelled against the King of England, in England, he came over to Ireland, and landed in Leinster. The English of Leinster assembled to oppose him, on behalf of the King: Mac Maurice, Lord Justice of Ireland; Hugo de Lacy, Earl of Ulster; and Walter de Lacy, Lord of Meath. They came to Cuirreach-Life, in Leinster, where they engaged with Mareschal, and killed him; and they made a prisoner of Geoffry Mareschal, who had stood alone fighting on the field of battle, after all his people had fled from him. Newm30 (talk) 03:20, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

This is fine, but normally secondary sources are preferable over primary ones. This source doesn't really add much to what is already in the article, except the presence on the field of battle of Geoffrey Marshal, whoever that might have been (not one of the Marshal brothers). I should look into this. Lampman (talk) 12:36, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Battle or skirmish

I would here like to propose that the article be renamed to "Skirmish at Curragh" from the present "Battle of the Curragh" since the number of combatants was very limited with one side having less than 20 and the total being less than 200. --UplinkAnsh (talk) 10:57, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

It's just that "Skirmish at Curragh" does not occur in any sources, while "Battle of the Curragh" does, and we have to follow the historiographical consensus. I guess what constitutes a battle or a skirmish changes with time. Lampman (talk) 16:07, 1 April 2011 (UTC)