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- 1 2 Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), "Sedi titolari", p. 865
- ↑ William Beauford, A Memoir Respecting the Antiquities of the Church of Killossy, in the County of Kildare (The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 1789)
- ↑ John Lanigan, An Ecclesiastical History of Ireland (Graisberry 1822). p. 276
- ↑ Information on the diocese
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