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- ↑ "A football life less ordinary". The Anglo-Celt. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ↑ Keys, Colm (31 July 2013). "Bailieborough and the Cavan goalkeeping connection". Irish Independent. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ↑ Baker, Noel (22 December 2017). "Cork newsagents MacCarthy's shuts up shop after 105 years". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 8 April 2021.