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References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints (J. Hodges, 1898), 275.
- 1 2 Thomas McNeill, Helena Margaret Gamer, Medieval handbooks of penance (Columbia University Press, 1990), 76n.
- 1 2 3 "Killashee", Naas Local History Group, County Kildare
- ↑ Grattan-Flood, William. "St. Darerca." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 4, New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. 30 Jan. 2013
- ↑ Shearman John Francis. "Loca Patriciana", The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, Fourth Series, Vol. 3, No. 22 pp. 381-421, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, (1875)
- 1 2 Grattan-Flood, William. "St. Sechnall." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 30 Jan. 2013
- ↑ Stalmans and Charles-Edwards, "Meath, saints of (act. c.400–c.900)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, online edition, May 2007
- ↑ Duffy, Seán. Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia, Routledge, 2005, ISBN 9781135948238
Primary sources
- Martyrology of Tallaght
- Martyrology of Gorman
- Book of Obits
- Annals of the Four Masters
Secondary sources
- Baring-Gould, Sabine. The Lives of the Saints. J. Hodges, 1898.
- Grattan-Flood, W. "St. Sechnall (Secundinus)", The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York, 1912. Transcribed for New Advent .
- McNeill, Thomas and Helena Margaret Gamer. Medieval Handbooks of Penance. Columbia University Press, 1990.
