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- ↑ Fr Conrelius Tierney Magheneparish website
- ↑ "Columban Martyrs". Archived from the original on 18 May 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
- ↑ Chapter 6 Irish Chinese Political and Economic Relations Rozenberger Quarterly
- ↑ Columban History China Archived 2015-02-03 at the Wayback Machine www.columban.org
