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- ↑ "Lawn Tennis Grounds: The Earlsfort Terrace tournament will be held, on the tennis grounds from 29th April, participants are asked to assemble at 2pm". Irish Times. Dublin, Republic of Ireland: British Newspaper Archives. 23 April 1879. p. 4.
- ↑ Nieuwland, Alex. "Edition – Earlsfort Terrace Tournament 1879". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- ↑ "On the 28th of April will take place at Earlsfort terrace a great lawn tennis tournament". Carlow Sentinel. Carlow, Republic of Ireland: British Newspaper Archives. 12 April 1879. p. 4.
- ↑ Tennis Archives
- ↑ Tennis Archives