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- ↑ Who was Who: A Companion to Who's Who. A. & C. Black. 1962. p. 224.
- ↑ Browne, Bernard (January 1997). Living by the Pen: a biographical dictionary of County Wexford authors. B. Browne. p. 26.
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- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory , 1908 p 303: London, Horace Cox, 1908
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