Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/'Galway' Joe Dolan

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The result of the debate was keep (nomination withdrawn). I suggest Joe Dolan (folk musician) as the move target. howcheng {chat} 19:37, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 'Galway' Joe Dolan

I strongly suspect this is a hoax. Joe Dolan himself seems to have been a member of Sweeny's Men, per allmusic.com (search for Joe Dolan), and the "arrived on the seventh day" line sounds distinctly unfunny-joke. Added by an anon user a year ago, and untouched since. Asserts notability, though, so not CSD. Shimgray | talk | 00:40, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

• Aaargh - I was wrong, it seems. Andy Irvine's biography refers to their Joe Dolan: "Unfortunately, Joe Dolan left us to go to Israel shortly afterwards. He had been there in 1965, as a volunteer at Masada, "digging up history and living in a tent" as he memorably wrote himself, and with the start of what became known as the Six Day War, he headed off to give his support, arriving with typical Dolan luck on the seventh day!". This confirms it was a Joe Dolan from Galway, not "the" Joe Dolan, who's from Meath. Retract nomination; I'll reference the article, and it's probably borderline keepable (though under a different name). Shimgray | talk | 01:04, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

• Delete per nom - looks like a joke to me. Werdna648^T/_C\^@ 00:44, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as per nom Barneyboo (Talk) 00:45, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep as per retraction Jcuk 06:32, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and move to appropriate location. --bbatsell | « give me a ring » 09:54, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Any idea what would be appropriate? Joe Dolan (Galway musician) might work; any professional identifier would clash with our other Joe Dolan. Shimgray | talk | 14:43, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

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