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References
- ↑ "Camogie Archive". Camogie.ie. 30 June 2010. Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
- ↑ 1998 All Ireland final Galway 2-13 Galway 0-15 reports in Irish Examiner Archived 2011-06-22 at the Wayback Machine , Irish Independent and Irish Times
- ↑ Historic newspaper reports of All Ireland finals
