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- ↑ "A New History of Ireland" Moody,T.W; Martin,F.X; Byrne,F.J;Cosgrove,A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
- ↑ "The diocese of Meath : ancient and modern" Coggan, A: Dublin, Joseph Dollard, 1867
- ↑ Cotton, Henry (1847). Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates and ..., Volume 1 By Henry Cotton. p. 144. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
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