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- ↑ "Ireland's Full-Back Change". Daily Mirror . 14 March 1931.
- ↑ "Bruen's Easy Win". Hull Daily Mail . 21 June 1938.
- ↑ "A New Legal Firm For Trim". Drogheda Independent . 5 October 1979.