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- ↑ "RTE The Symphony Sessions". RTE Press Centre.
- ↑ Sligo Champion
- ↑ Classical Links
- ↑ Louth Contemporary Music Society
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- ↑ Theodore Presser Company Archived 2014-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Belfast Telegraph
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