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- 1 2 John Flynn; Jerry Kelleher (2003). Dublin: Journeys in America. Abbeyside, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford: High Table Pub. p. 150. ISBN 9780954469412.
- ↑ Still Irish: a Century of Irish in film, Kevin Rockett and Eugene Finn, Dublin Red Mountain Press, 1995 ISBN 1-900361-00-0