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- 1 2 "Balrothery East". Placenames Database of Ireland. Dublin: Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
- ↑ Vicissitudes of Families by Sir Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms, Longman Green Longman and Roberts, Paternoster Row, London, 1861 (pages 363-364)
- 1 2 Joyce, P.W. (c. 1880). "County Dublin". Philips' Handy Atlas of the Counties of Ireland. London: George Philips & Son. p. 10. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ↑ "Lambay Island: townland". Placenames Database of Ireland. Dublin: Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
- ↑ "Balrothery East: towns". Placenames Database of Ireland. Dublin: Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
From "Irish placenames database". logainm.ie (in English and Irish). Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. Retrieved 23 September 2017.:
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