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- 1 2 3 4 Biography - Denis Haughey, Northern Ireland Assembly Archived 26 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- 1 2 3 4 Biographies of Prominent People - 'H', CAIN Web Service
- ↑ Fermanagh and South Tyrone, 1973-1982, Northern Ireland Elections
- ↑ North Antrim 1973-82
- ↑ Northern Ireland elections
- ↑ "Morgan plans to carry on the work of Hume", Belfast Telegraph , 8 March 2004
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