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- ↑ "Westmeath's greatest sporting successes come on the racing field". Westmeath Examiner. 5 August 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- ↑ McCormack, Stan (2015). "4. The lighter side of racing or the coroner who put the body on ice". Racing Through the Midlands: Westmeath and Offaly. Author. pp. 101–103. ISBN 978-0-9933243-1-4.
- ↑ "Tributes paid to Cecil Ronaldson". Racing Post. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ↑ Casey, Ronan (2008). "7. Split happens". Joe Dolan: The Official Biography. Penguin Books. pp. 110–111. ISBN 978-1-8448819-7-0.
- ↑ McCormack, Stan (2015). "2. The rise and fall of Mullingar racecourse". Racing Through the Midlands: Westmeath and Offaly. Author. pp. 56–57. ISBN 978-0-9933243-1-4.
