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- ↑ "Place-Kicking Helped". Irish Independent . 16 January 1950.
- ↑ "Ireland Make Three Changes". Western Mail . 14 February 1949.
- ↑ "Tom Clifford May Not Play". Irish Independent. 11 March 1950.