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- ↑ "Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland Vol III" Cotton, H p338: Dublin, Hodges,1849
- ↑ historyofparliamentonline.org BURROUGHS, William (?1753–1829), of Castle Bagshaw, co. Cavan.
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