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References
- ↑ Byrne, Patricia (2018). The Preacher and the Prelate - The Achill Mission Colony and the Battle for Souls in Famine Ireland. Ireland: Merrion Press. pp. 56–57. ISBN 9781785371721.
- ↑ Byrne, Patricia (January 2022). "God's Scourge on a Sinful Nation: The Great Famine from an Achill Mission Colony Perspective". Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society. 73, 2021: 26–38.
- ↑ Byrne, Patricia. "Weapons of his own Forging: Edward Nangle, Controversial in Life and in Death". The Irish Story. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- D. J. Hickey & J. E. Doherty. A Dictionary of Irish History. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan, 1980; p. 2 ISBN 0-7171-1567-4
- Article on Edward Nangle & the Achill Island Mission.
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