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- ↑ Congregation of the Holy Spirit www.gcatholic.org
- ↑ 'PRIESTS NATIVES OF KILMURRY-IBRICKANE PARISH'
- ↑ Fr. Michael John O'Carroll Archived 16 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine Irish Spiritans Remembered, by Seán P. Farragher, C.S.Sp., www.spiritans.ie
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