Talk:Kinsella

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Hey, good edits, Willmcw! Wow, putting me up there w/ W.P.--I'm honored! Stephan Kinsella 12:42, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Willmcw--thanks for the last edit. You left me up there as an "author". I suppose asking you to call me a "notable" author would be asking too much, eh? :) Stephan Kinsella 17:38, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Everybody on the list is notable, some more than others. (Read the article). The only purpose of the list is to help readers find the "Kinsella" that they are looking for. Since you're the only American on the list we don't need to say much more. -Willmcw 18:11, July 21, 2005 (UTC)

W-dog, thanks for your comments, which I have no idea what they mean. Is there a question buried somewhere in there? Stephan Kinsella 18:16, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

That's OK, you don't have to understand. But in case you want to try again, I'll copy it right here:

This is a list of notable people with the surname Kinsella. (emphasis added)

Everybody on the list is notable. -Willmcw 18:32, July 21, 2005 (UTC)

Curious, how do you know this? BTW your comment reminds me of one of my favorite quotes: "Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding." --Samuel Johnson. Heh hehhh. Anyway, I of course understand you, I was just funnin' ya'. Heh. Us Southrons do that sometime. I guess you didn't get my joke about W.P. But that, too, is OK. --Stephan Kinsella 19:32, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

OK, so I'll remove the notable part. Everyone who has an article in an encyclopedia is notable, by definition. -Willmcw 19:43, July 21, 2005 (UTC)

No, I was not challenging you; I was just curious how you know this. What do you mean you will "remove" the "notable part"? How? From what? From where? Are you trying to say in Wiki-editor-speak that you retract the comment? Stephan Kinsella 19:52, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Actually from "Ó Ceinnsealaigh"?

Isn't it a reduced Anglicized form of the Irish Ó Ceinnsealaigh? 173.88.246.138 (talk) 00:18, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

It is definitely not 'Ó Ceinnsealaigh', the surname Cinnsealach is older than the system of O and Mac etc. Please see the current standard for spelling the surname in Irish from UCD research: https://www.gaois.ie/en/surnames/10746

Also, Chinnsealach / cinnsealach does not mean 'proud', cinn is considered to come from the the irish word for head (ceann), or could mean leader. 'Sealach' in Irish means temporary, or selach = secret, or salach dirty/stained. May be 'stained' would make sense if it is true that this tribe came to Ireland from the Iberian Peninsula (which the lion on the family shield is reported to suggest). ~2026-42433-57 (talk) 12:13, 31 July 2026 (UTC)