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- ↑ 'A Statistical Account, Or Parochial Survey of Ireland, Volume 2' Mason, W.S. p330: Dublin; John Cumming; 1816
- ↑ "The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 4, The Province of Connaght" Cotton, H p142 Dublin; Hodges and Smith; 1849
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