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- ↑ Dollery, Paul (25 July 2015). "All-Ireland winning Cork hurler wins 100-mile ultra marathon in the UK". The 42. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ↑ "Lakeland 100 2015 full results".
- ↑ "Paul Tierney BTR MASTER COACH - UK".
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- ↑ "Runner sets a new record summiting all 214 Wainwrights". ITV News. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ↑ Smith, Bob (20 June 2019). "Runner Paul Tierney breaks record for summiting all 214 Wainwright fells". Grough. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
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