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- ↑ Profile of Michael Tubridy
- ↑ "Shaw Communications".
- ↑ "A Selection of Irish Traditional Step Dances – 2nd Edition | Na Piobairi Uilleann".
- ↑ "Resources".
- ↑ Tubridy, Michael (1998). Reconstruction of the Rosse Six Foot Telescope. Birr Castle; 42 pages
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- Glatt, John (1997). The Chieftains: the authorized biography . Perseus Books Group. ISBN 0-306-80922-2. 2015 edition. St. Martin's Press ebook. December 2015. ISBN 9781250105387.
- Tubridy, Michael (1998). A Selection of Irish Traditional Step Dances. Brooks Academy 72 pages.
