Talk:Order of St Patrick

Why this wrong colour of the ribbon? I nominate this single picture for removal

In the first illustration it is suggested that the ribbin is violet! But it was not, it was sky blue. It is an excellent article but I nominate this single picture for removal. Robert Prummel 02:55, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

If I'm not mistaken, although the statutes refer to 'celestial blue' or sky blue the precise shade of blue varied over the years (the same is true for the Order of the Garter). This can in fact be seen from different shades of blue shown in the images in the article. Also the colour of the images on your screen depends on the settings of your monitor - to me the ribbon in the first image looks blue. I suppose there is also the issue of whether the colour of the ink used has faded over time - that first image is from a book which is 150 years old. I think the image is fine to stay where it is. I've changed the caption slightlyDr pda 16:40, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

• I have studied thepictures in Peter Galloways "The most Illustrious Order"(great book!) and read the text again. There is talk of "shades of blue" and all pictures show light-blue/sky-blue ribbons.

To me the illustration in Wikipedia looks perfectly purple! The insignia on the other hand are correct... I can live with the presentcaption though. Greetings from the Netherlands, Robert Prummel 16:12, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

The other Order of St. P

In 1780 a Dublin drinking club was set up using the same name; I can't say how long it lasted, for several decades anyway. Its members were mostly liberal lawyers. Its most eminent member was John Philpot Curran.Red Hurley 21:08, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Last creation - Edward or Albert?

According to Edward VIII of the United Kingdom#Honours:

Edward lost almost all of his British honours upon accession, because he became sovereign of most of them. When he was no longer sovereign, his brother reinstated his pre-accession honours.

This implies that his KP merged into the crown in January 1936 and had to be created anew after he abdicated - was this the case or did it survive intact? Timrollpickering (talk) 23:55, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

the motto in Irish Gaelic

How would the motto "Quis Separabit" be expressed in Irish? I've seen it rendered in english by (1) 'Who would separate (us)' [reference to scripture] and 'United we Stand' [regimental]. My question speaks to the former.Robplatou1 (talk) 23:00, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

FA concerns

Hi, I am concerned that this article no longer meets the feature article criteria. I have outlined some of my concerns below:

• There are many sentences, and whole paragraphs, that are not cited. I have marked some of them with citation needed templates.
• There are too many images in the article, and it is causing SANDWICH.
• I do not believe the Flags of the World source is a high quality citation, and ref 15 needs to be formatted

Is anyone interested in bringing this article to FA standards? Z1720 (talk) 16:40, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Hi DrKay you have made significant edits to this article since I posted my concerns above. Are you interested in bringing this article to FA status? If not, I'll nominate it for FAR later this week. Z1720 (talk) 15:20, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I don't think it is possible to do the topic justice without access to Galloway's book, and there are no copies locally. DrKay (talk) 16:51, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

I also can't find a copy online or through my local library. If someone reading this has a copy, please post below. Z1720 (talk) 18:04, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

Formatted ref 15 (now 16) and did some minor citevar. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 19:59, 20 April 2021 (UTC)