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References
- ↑ Rails to Achill by Jonathan Beaumont, Achill Tourism.
- ↑ The islands of Ireland: Achillbeg a beauty to behold off Mayo by Dan MacCarthy, Irish Examiner, October 2, 2017.
- ↑ Sylvia Thompson (11 June 2005). "Abandoned under the Mayo sky". The Irish Times. Retrieved 21 March 2008.
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