Talk:John Conlan (Monaghan politician)

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Conlan or Conlon?[edit]

His name is listed consistently as "John F. Conlan" in Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918-92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0 901714 96 8. ISSN 0332-0286. (on pages 218, 226, 229, 237, and 245).

However, Walker's book is not perfect (e.g. it entirely omits the Dublin Central constituency in 1989, page 271), so I thought it would help to cross-check against the clerk's report at the start of each Dáil of the returning officers' reports of TDs elected. Unfortunately, these pages are inconsistent:

Year	Link	Name
1969	2 July 1969	John F. Conlan (with an "A")
1973	14 March 1973	John F. Conlan (with an "A")
1977	5 July 1977	John F. Conlon (with an "O")
1981	30 June 1981	John F. Conlan (with an "A")
1982 (Feb)	9 March 1982	John F. Conlon (with an "O")
1982 (Nov)	14 December 1982	John F. Conlon (with an "O")

So I have asked the Oireachtas webmaster whether there is a more definitive answer. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 21:47, 18 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Currently the article is at John Conlan and all references in the text are to Conlon. Very inconsistent. Snappy (talk) 00:05, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]