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- 1 2 2004 Monthly Lectures: Dr J Patrick Greene, Biographical Notes, The Royal Society of Victoria, archived from the original on 19 July 2008, retrieved 14 August 2008
- ↑ "EPIC announces Patrick Greene as new Museum Director and CEO". epicchq.com. EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ↑ "Feedback". SALON: The Newsletter of the Society of Antiquaries of London. 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
