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- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)
- ↑ Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
