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- ↑ FitzGerald, Walter. "The FitzGeralds of Ballyshannon", Journal of the Co. Kildare Archaeological Society and Surrounding Districts, Vol. 3, County Kildare Archaeological Society, 1902, p. 427
- ↑ Otway-Ruthven, A.J. History of Medieval Ireland Barnes and Noble reissue 1993
- ↑ Webb, Alfred. "Fitzgerald, Gerald, 5th Earl of Kildare", A Compendium of Irish Biography, M.H. Gill & Son, Dublin, 1878
- ↑ Otway-Ruthven
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