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- ↑ "Roll of honour". Sarsfields GAA website. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- ↑ "Leinster Under-21 All-Ireland Football Winning Teams" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ↑ "Return of the 'come day go day' prodigal". Irish Independent. 24 June 2001. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- ↑ "The Kildare team and officials for the 1919 All-Ireland final". Kildare Libraries. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- ↑ "Kildare's Wizard of Oz ready to cast his spell". Irish Independent. 24 September 1998. Retrieved 29 December 2024.