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References
- Early Irish Kingship and Succession, Bart Jaski, Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2000
- Leabhar na nGenealach, Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh, edited Nollaig O Muraile, pp. 398–99, volume III. Dublin, 2004-2005
