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References
- ↑ Maclysaght Edward. The Surnames of Ireland (1985 ed.). Dublin: Irish Academic press. p. 220. ISBN 0-7165-2364-7
- ↑ Black, George F. (1946). The Surnames of Scotland (1993 ed.). Edinburgh: New York Public Library/Birlinn. p. 619. ISBN 1-874744-07-6
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