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- ↑ Land and Revolution: Nationalist Politics in the West of Ireland 1891-1921, Fergus Campbell, Oxford University Press, 2005; ISBN 0-19-927324-3 page 210.
- ↑ Galway City Council - Heritage Magazine - Summer 2006 - Page 27 Archived 20 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine Archived 2007-11-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Hoare, Pádraig (7 March 2018). "Businesses urged to engage with Revenue after storm". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ↑ The History of Galway, by Sean Spellissy, ISBN 0-9534683-3-X, Celtic Bookshop, (1999), page 131.
- ↑ Pádraig Ó Fathaigh's War of Independence: Recollections of a Galway Gaelic Leaguer, Timothy G. McMahon, Cork University Press, 2000; ISBN 1-85918-145-7
- ↑ Howley Statue Picture
- ↑ IrishWarMemorials.ie - Howley Memorial - Oranmore
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