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- ↑ Browne, W.A.F.; Reaney, P.H.; Wilson, R.M.; Scull, A. (1991). A Dictionary of English Surnames. Tavistock classics in the history of psychiatry. Routledge. p. 732. ISBN 978-0-415-05737-0 . Retrieved 26 August 2018.
- ↑ MacLysaght, Edward (1985). The surnames of Ireland (6th ed.). Dublin: Irish Acad. Pr. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-7165-2366-6.
- ↑ MacLysaght, Edward (1985). The surnames of Ireland (6th ed.). Dublin: Irish Acad. Pr. ISBN 978-0-7165-2366-6.
- ↑ D'alton, John (2019). The History of the County Dublin. HardPress Limited. p. 33. ISBN 978-0371350768.
- ↑ Bell, Robert (2021). The Book of Ulster Surnames. Ulster Historical Foundation. p. 37. ISBN 978-1909556867.
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