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- ↑ IRB.com (1 May 2014). "Ireland women to seek "another level"". Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ↑ Munster Rugby.ie (29 July 2014). "RWC: Getting To Know Gillian Bourke" . Retrieved 3 September 2014.
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