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References
- ↑ Michael C. O'Laughlin, The Book of Irish Families: Great & Small (Irish Roots Cafe, 2002: ISBN 0940134098), p. 66.
- ↑ Cairney, C. Thomas (1989). Clans and Families of Ireland and Scotland. Jefferson, North Carolina, United States, and London: McFarland & Company. p. 61. ISBN 0899503624.
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