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- ↑ Caroline Crowley; Dennis Linehan (2013). Spacing Ireland: Place, Society and Culture in a Post-boom Era. Oxford University Press. p. 175. ISBN 978-0-7190-8679-3.
- ↑ Sean Williams (2013). Focus: Irish Traditional Music. Routledge. p. 213. ISBN 978-1-135-20414-3.
- 1 2 Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin (2012). O'Brien Pocket History of Irish Traditional Music. O'Brien Press. pp. 120–121. ISBN 978-1-84717-508-3.
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