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- ↑ Barberis, Peter; McHugh, John; Tyldesley, Mike (2003). Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations: Parties, Groups and Movements of the 20th Century. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 248. ISBN 978-0-8264-5814-8.
- ↑ Mac Thomais, Shane (27 October 2005). "Remembering the Past - Connie Green and Saor Uladh". An Phoblacht. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ↑ Bell, J Bowyer (2004), The Secret Army: The IRA, Transaction Publishers, London, pg 275, ISBN 1-56000-901-2