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- ↑ Hesketh, Tom (1990). The Second Partitioning of Ireland?: The Abortion Referendum of 1983. Brandsma Books. pp. 12. ISBN 9780951151648.
- ↑ "Referendum Results" (PDF). Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government . Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
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