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- ↑ Poet Desmond Egan brings Irish history to life [ permanent dead link ] by Whitney Clum, Washburn Review, 9 March 2018
- ↑ Desmond Egan Author Database: Literature Ireland
- ↑ Desmond Egan Poet Artistic Director The Gerard Manley Hopkins Society Ltd, Ireland, 2018
- ↑ Desmond Egan: Life Works Criticism Commentary References Quotations Notes ricorso.net
- ↑ Seeing Double and Feeling Far : The Poetry of Desmond Egan Review by Christine Pagnoulle, Etudes irlandaises, 1989
- ↑ Irish Poet Desmond Egan to Visit UNO Archived 4 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine University of Nebraska Omaha, 12 March 2017
- ↑ Gerard Manley Hopkins Annual International Festival in Newbridge College, Co. Kildare. 2019
- ↑ id=JhXmEYWHDHYC&pg=PA99&lpg=PA99&dq=Vivienne+Abbott+writer&source=bl&ots=aEGOdnbx7U&sig=ACfU3U0dAWTC_k-Ved8YlYsrkeW-UwcRYQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjy0ty8tofhAhV6VBUIHVgrAxUQ6AEwA3oECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=Vivienne%20Abbott%20writer&f=false International Who's Who in Poetry 2004 By Europa Publications: Egan, Desmond
