Gildea

Article summary

Gildea is a surname. Although spelled "Gildea", the name is pronounced "gill-day", rhyming with the Irish surname "O'Shea". Notable people with the surname include: *Damien Gildea (born 1969), Australian mountaineer and Antarctic explorer, for whom the Gildea Glacier *Harry Gildea (1890–1917), Scottish footballer *James Gildea (1838–1920), British Army officer and philanthropist *James H. Gildea (1890–1988), American newspaperman and Democratic member of the US House of Representatives *John Gildea, Irish Gaelic footballer *Johnny Gildea (1910–79), American football player *Lorie Skjerven Gildea, (born 1961), attorney and former Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court *Peter Gildea (1883–1940), Scottish footballer *Robert Gildea (born 1952), professor of Modern History at Oxford University *Tom Gildea (born 1939), Irish independent politician *Willie Gildea (born 1888), Scottish footballer

Key claims

1. date of birth: 1969 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of birth: 1961 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of birth is "1969". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of birth is "1961". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1336219975