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References
- Glimpses of Gaelic Ireland,, 33–64, G. Murphy, Dublin, 1948.
- Lámhscríbhinní Gaeilge: Treoirliosta, Padraig de Brún, Dublin, 1988.
- Tyrone's Gaelic Literary Legacy, by Diarmaid Ó Diobhlin, in Tyrone: History and Society, 403–432, ed. Charles Dillon and Henry A. Jefferies, Geography Publications, Dublin, 2000. ISBN 0-906602-71-8.
- Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia, edited by Seán Duffy, Dublin, 2004. ISBN 978-0-415-94052-8