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- ↑ "Staircase, Government buildings, Upper Merrion Street, Dublin 2". UCC. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012.
- ↑ "History of Government Buildings". Department of the Taoiseach Website. Archived from the original on 25 November 2007.
