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- ↑ "Mayo GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
- ↑ Duffy, Emma. "Mayo 1950 and 1951 All-Ireland winner 'The Flying Doctor' has died aged 91". The42. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
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