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- ↑ "Camogie Archive". Camogie.ie. 30 June 2010. Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
- ↑ Irish Independent Irish Newspaper archive Archived 2013-01-15 at the Wayback Machine Sept 25 1975: Gretta flies out a dual winner
- ↑ Historic newspaper reports of All Ireland finals