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- ↑ "Club History". elmpark.ie. Dublin, Ireland: Elm Park Golf & Sports Club. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ↑ McBride, Doreen (14 July 2022). "4: Preparations for War". We Just Got On With It: Changes Before, During and After the Second World War in Northern Ireland. Cheltenham: The History Press. ISBN 978-1-80399-135-1.