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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Irish Creek (Kansas)
- ↑ Lyman, Clifford (16 July 1976). "Names' Past Cloudy". Fort Scott Tribune . pp. 13B. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
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