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- ↑ Cormac Ó Gráda, Rough Justice, Dublin Review of Books
- ↑ RIA
- ↑ "University of Limerick honour Irish archivist in conferring ceremony". www.limerickleader.ie. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
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