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- ↑ Newry and Armagh, Northern Ireland Elections
- ↑ Cari Zall, "US welcomes South Armagh Farmers and Residents", An Phoblacht , 11 February 1999
- ↑ "Praise heaped on Irish-language nursery school Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine ", Newry Democrat , 29 March 2006