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- ↑ "Armagh/Derry Ulster Final Clashes - 1987 final: Derry 0-11, Armagh 0-09". 2000 Ulster Senior & Minor Football Championship Final Programme. Ulster GAA Council. 16 July 2000.
- ↑ "The Late Colum P. Mullan". Mid-Ulster Observer (reproduced on Hogan Stand website. 30 April 2004. Retrieved 8 June 2008.