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- ↑ The Salamanca Diaries: Father McCabe and the Spanish Civil War by Tim Fanning, writing.ie, September 30, 2019.
- ↑ An Irishman’s Diary on the Irish College in Salamanca and the Spanish Civil War by Tim Fanning, An Irishman's Diary, The Irish Times, September 9, 2019.