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- ↑ "Irish Roots Cafe" . Retrieved 8 January 2015.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ Axel Klein: "Olcott, Chauncey", in: The Encyclopaedia of Music in Ireland, ed. by Harry White & Barra Boydell (Dublin: UCD Press, 2013), p. 775–776.
- ↑ Archive, Irish Traditional Music (2018-12-08). "Macushla / John McCormack". ITMA. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
- ↑ "James McCracken - The Meeting Of The Waters". Discogs. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
- ↑ Beloved: Christian Ketter, Cara Schlecker & Myron Silberstein Live in Recital by Christian Ketter, Cara Schlecker & Myron Silberstein , retrieved 2018-12-08
- ↑ "Josef Locke - Galway Bay / Macushla". Discogs. Retrieved 2018-12-08.