Talk:Inishbofin, County Galway

Maps

Fantastic maps!--File Éireann 21:43, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

Two articles, not one

This needs to be split into two, one for each Inishbofin. I suggest Inishbofin, Galway and Inishbofin, Donegal. I'll do it myself within a few hours (no time right now), but if anyone else cares to do it in the meantime... Snalwibma 08:37, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Major rework

Did a major reworking of the page. In particular, I streamlined the citations as some were in Harvard style, others “regular” style which was a mess. I kept all the article’s contents, except the names of the hotels (WP is not a guide book). I also tried to get rid of some of the other more “guide bookish” language (pleasantly smelling peat and the like). In some cases, local traditions were reported as fact by the article and I tried to phrase these sections in such a way as to indicate that this may or may not be true.

One of the authors in the literature section was not notable and seemed to be better placed under further reading (the link was to Amazon.com…).

The part about indentured labourers being shipped to the West Indies is in fact not supported by the source given, so I took it out. Another thing I took out is the description of Inishbofin as “one of the most important shipping havens” on the west coast. This appears unlikely, given the presence on the west coast of numerous large towns. "Haven" in this isntance might have been a reference to places that ships sought refuge in when faced by bad weather, but the way this was put in the article seemed to imply that Inishbofin was actually one of the most important harbours in the west of Ireland. Anyway, the sentence was not sourced. The ref given at the end of the paragraph

• Firth, Charles Harding (1896). "Reynolds, John (d.1657)". In Sidney Lee. Dictionary of National Biography. 48. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 47–48.

apparently just applies to the part about Reynolds.

Note: Sources contradicted each other on whether the church remains date to the 13th or 14th century, so if anyone can come up with more evidence on that…

There is also an issue about the highest point on the island. Maps clearly show it to be in the Westquarter, but the place where intrepid vacationer Hoffstot puts it is in the Knock townland.

Unfortunately, I was unable to find any reliable online resources about current tourism activity and all my guidebooks are in Ireland. The Hoffstot NYT article is 14 years old. But I am sure that any recent Connemara guide should provide some additional substance for the Economy section. Also, in the context of this page, Inishbofin.com must be seen as a primary source – they want to advertise the place to tourists, after all – so I was cautious in using it. Drow69 (talk) 14:20, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Revert

I now twice undid the (different) input of an IP editor made on 28 January and 2 February that was a blatant promo for the island's tourist attractions. He/she put in some straight links to inishbofin.com in the middle of the article and altered earlier sourced content with no explanation or alternative refs. Some WP markup was damaged as refs were simply deleted with no explanation. Seems to me to warrant a reversion.Drow69 (talk) 17:31, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

- I believe there's probably room for some discussion of the island's tourist amenities - it is after all a tourist destination, and it could be of value.

Lack of trees

Article currently states "Because of the salt-enriched air, trees were never able to re-establish themselves." Talking to islanders who have tried planting trees, it sounds as though the salt has little to do with it, and it's more the consistently high winds that make it difficult for trees to re-establish. Perhaps this should be amended in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.230.110.242 (talk) 12:17, 8 March 2016 (UTC)