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DYK for Daisy Bannard Cogley
On 1 February 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Daisy Bannard Cogley, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Madame "Toto" Bannard Cogley not only co-founded Dublin's Gate Theatre, but also supplied most of the initial membership? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Daisy Bannard Cogley. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Daisy Bannard Cogley), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
- Nice one - and neatly on St Brigid's Day! And it turns out her mother was a Furlong, a good Norman-descended south Wexford name, while Fred was on his mother's side a Boyle. An IP has suggested that her father was British, rather than what I had believed, French (Bannard with a silent "d"), which is an interesting line of thought. Anyway, a real step towards opening up a forgotten past - the lady seems to have been a rather key figure in hosting the alt scene of the times, even including some of the crustier figures. Did she ever receive some kind of memorial... I must check further. I am inspired to do some more article work (slowing reviews), already got into the Linda Doyle article.SeoR (talk) 08:27, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
- @SeoR:I'm made up she's there today - it's fantastic! I'll pass on all these leads on her parents to Brian Trench, as it's all good stuff! I was bowled over by her, and how little seemed to be out there about her. A memorial would be amazing, I think there were noises about that in 70s/80s, and I'd love to see that happen. I'm involved in putting up STEM related plaques (so not relevant), but any one or group can apply to DCC to propose a plaque be erected to a suitable person, event or organisation. It costs about €2000, and I'd be up for helping in any way I can. Someone in the DCC seems to have been uploading good quality images of their plaques commons:Category:Dublin City Council Commemorative Plaques. I dip in and out of the DYK, I often forget about it until it's too late! Must make more of an effort there :) Smirkybec (talk) 14:27, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
- It was great to see. On the additional data, what I hear I am posting to the Toto Talk page - and I've now asked for a check on the father in the UK. There were those noises about a memorial, especially in or on the theatre (no Toto, no Gate, really), but I cannot find that anything happened. I will have a look at the City Council site, and think if I could also contribute to motivating it. DYK is fun, but I am also occasional there. That said, the reason I was a bit quiet for a couple of days was that I was first improving Linda Doyle's article, and then realised that Eeva Leinonen at Maynooth had been missed, and I have now DYK'd Doyle. BTW, do you mind if I tag Toto B-C to WiR? I think she's a very relevant case. SeoR (talk) 08:58, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
- @SeoR:I'm made up she's there today - it's fantastic! I'll pass on all these leads on her parents to Brian Trench, as it's all good stuff! I was bowled over by her, and how little seemed to be out there about her. A memorial would be amazing, I think there were noises about that in 70s/80s, and I'd love to see that happen. I'm involved in putting up STEM related plaques (so not relevant), but any one or group can apply to DCC to propose a plaque be erected to a suitable person, event or organisation. It costs about €2000, and I'd be up for helping in any way I can. Someone in the DCC seems to have been uploading good quality images of their plaques commons:Category:Dublin City Council Commemorative Plaques. I dip in and out of the DYK, I often forget about it until it's too late! Must make more of an effort there :) Smirkybec (talk) 14:27, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
MCI
Thought there was something odd about the reference to the Mardyke in Cork. Turns out it is a different Mardyke in Tipperary. Aineireland (talk) 20:59, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Aineireland: thanks for catching that! Smirkybec (talk) 11:07, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
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