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- ↑ "Carrickmacross" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ↑ "An Industrial Heritage Survey of Railways in Counties Monaghan and Louth, Part 2. Site Inventory, Volume 3" (PDF). Monaghan County Council and Louth County Council. December 2007. pp. 66–85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
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