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References
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- ↑ Tongue, Ruth L. (1970). Forgotten Folk-Tales of the English Counties. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, p. 27.
- ↑ Woulfe, Patrick (1923). "Ó Muireagáin - Irish Names and Surnames". www.libraryireland.com. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
- ↑ Black, George F. (1946). The Surnames of Scotland (1993 ed.). Edinburgh: New York Public Library/Birlinn. p. 61. ISBN 1-874744-07-6.
- ↑ "Morgan Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2014
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