Talk:Shrine of Saint Lachtin's Arm

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General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Jack Frost (talk) 06:08, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

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Shrine of Saint Lachtin's Arm, National Museum of Ireland

• ... that because the hand in the Shrine of Saint Lachtin's Arm (pictured) is clenched rather than open, it is assumed to have functioned as battle standard or talisman? Source: "Moss, Rachel. Medieval c. 400—c. 1600, "Art and Architecture of Ireland" series. CT: Yale University Press, 2014, p. 292 ISBN 978-03-001-7919-4

• Reviewed: Victor Hugo Tinoco

Created by Ceoil (talk). Self-nominated at 00:20, 26 July 2021 (UTC).

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QPQ: Done.

Overall: All points check out, except that the hook is well over 200 characters. The last eight words could perhaps be taken out, when this is promoted. Moonraker (talk) 09:26, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

• Hook trimmed, thanks! Ceoil (talk) 23:09, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks. Great article! I think this should be more than a c class. Not sure how to go about making this happen.