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- ↑ "Irish Publishing News: The Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards Shortlist Announced". Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
- ↑ The 2002 Hennessy New Irish Writer Award has been won by Dubliner Alan Monaghan for his short story 'The Soldier's Song'.
- ↑ Alan Monaghan Biography from the Marsh Agency
- ↑ The 2002 Hennessy New Irish Writer Award has been won by Dubliner Alan Monaghan for his short story 'The Soldier's Song'.
- ↑ "Irish Publishing News: The Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards Shortlist Announced". Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
