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- ↑ McIlroy, John; Campbell, Alan (1 November 2020). "The early British Communist leaders, 1920–1923: a prosopographical exploration". Labor History. 61 (5–6): 423–465. doi:10.1080/0023656X.2020.1818711. S2CID 225166906.
- ↑ Noonan, Gerard (2014). The IRA in Britain, 1919-1923 : 'in the heart of enemy lines'. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. ISBN 9781781380260.
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