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- ↑ Connolly, Sybil; Dillon, Helen (1986). In an Irish Garden. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. p. 51. ISBN 1898801193.
- ↑ "Kilgobbin House, County Limerick". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ↑ "Earl of Dunraven". Irish Independent. 27 March 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
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