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Date is unclear[edit]

The start of the Stand-up comedy section says "Ó Briain's stand up international career took off around this time as he began to tour heavily" but the exact meaning of 'around this time' seems to have lost its context. Does it refer back to the 1998-2000 timescale of his TV appearance mentioned a few paragraphs earlier? It could do with an edit by someone who can clarify it. Tedmarynicz (talk) 10:29, 23 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The greyhound thing again[edit]

Psystat (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) has added "It is reported.." to the beginning of a sentence. This is obvious, since if it hadn't been reported, we would be unable to include the content here. What worries me more is that using wording such as that implies, per WP:NPOV, that although it is reported, it may not be true. Per policy on biographies, that is unacceptable, and that is why I bring this issue here for discussion. Rodhull andemu 16:08, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And its inclusion would seem to be contrary to the tenor of the third opinion above. Psystat, we've been to dispute resolution already over this; it's up to you to take it further, per WP:BURDEN. Meanwhile, any editor, subject to WP:3RR may remove material that does not have consensus. Rodhull andemu 16:11, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The sentence 'too upset to talk about the dog' is now superfluous, owing to the reference pointing to same information available on Snip Nua page Psystat (talk) 13:07, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think it important to report O'Brian's reaction, otherwise the inference could easily be drawn that he really didn't care that much. Rodhull andemu 17:04, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I feel the inclussion of the story about demonstrations at his recent gigs need to be included as this in an integral part of the 'Snip nua incident'Psystat (talk) 12:49, 25 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Without comment on the content, I remark 10 years later that at present the paragraph is totally unsourced—anything contentious particularly needs sources. Pol098 (talk) 13:50, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation[edit]

I claim no expertise on Irish pronunciation, but the IPA transcription [ˈbʲɾʲriənʲ], with a tapped r immediately followed by a trilled r, looks unlikely, and I can find no basis for the distinction in Irish phonology. I'm removing the trilled r as an error, but please correct further if you are an expert in the field. Vilĉjo (talk) 00:13, 21 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Catholic[edit]

I suspect his comment that "I simply don’t believe in God. But I’m still Catholic, of course" - is probably a joke that he made, rather than his real opinion. If you see what I mean. Lionfish0 (talk) 22:50, 10 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think he was being tongue in cheek about being ethnically catholic. IRWolfie- (talk) 22:12, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dara's tour in 2007?[edit]

According to the article, his fourth tour in 2007 was almost entitled "You had to be there". This is wrong, as he specifically used this line on his 2008 tour, and it appears on the "Talks Funny: Live in London" DVD. In addition, I haven't been able to find further information on a 2007 tour, so I'm sure the user editing the article got the date confused. Unless anyone objects, I'd like to change the date to 2007 --86.31.61.220 (talk) 00:24, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Source for science programme[edit]

A source for the science programme that he will be presenting on BBC Two is available at:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00zxmqj ACEOREVIVED (talk) 19:51, 6 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation[edit]

English matters more than Irish. 99.238.74.216 (talk) 00:23, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Family Brain Game[edit]

This article could put in that he has presented a programme on BBC Two called "Family Brain Game". Vorbee (talk) 19:31, 17 June 2019 (UTC) I see this has now been put in to the article. Vorbee (talk) 19:36, 25 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wife's name?[edit]

Is there a source for his wife's name as Susan Ó Briain? In Irish it should be Susan (bean) Uí Bhriain, as a married woman takes the genitive form of her husband's name, and not 'Ó Briain', as Dara's is.

Dara has been very vocal about his history with the Irish language, so it seems very strange that his wife's name is listed, uncited, with an unusual (ungrammatical) form.177.194.178.151 (talk) 14:40, 13 July 2020 (UTC

There is a Dr. Susan O'Briain at Susan O'Briain Clinic London. I don't know whether it's the same person—sounds like it. It would seem normal for a couple living in Britain to use British name conventions. Pol098 (talk) 14:02, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]