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- 1 2 3 4 Charlie., McGuire (2008). Roddy Connolly and the struggle for socialism in Ireland. Cork University Press. pp. 100–104. ISBN 978-1-85918-420-2. OCLC 123114675.
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- ↑ A critical history of the Communist Party of Ireland (1976)
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