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- ↑ 'Are we prepared? We are not': Brexit hard border warning from former Troubles soldier' TheJournal.ie (Dublin, 2 October 2018)
- ↑ 'The serving and sacrifice Irish soldiers put in during the Troubles - it has never been recognised' TheJournal.ie (Dublin, 7 October 2018)
- ↑ 'Irish Tuesdays: Dan Harvey « The D-Day Irish – A Hidden History »' SOFEIR (accessed 30 October 2018)
- ↑ The Wind That Shakes the Barley 'Full cast and crew', IMDB.
- ↑ 'Troops pay respects on the last journey home' The Irish Times (Dublin, 23 October 1999)
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