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- ↑ Shonagh's Smiling Through in Les Miserables Role from The Irish Post
- ↑ Irish singer charms US President Bush from The Irish Post
- ↑ The Beautiful Game facts and figures from ReallyUseful.com Archived 9 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine , Andrew Lloyd Webber's production company
- ↑ Music and prayer at Ground Zero from BBC News Monday, 29 October 2001
- ↑ Teen sings for Bush, Blair and the queen [ permanent dead link ] from United Press International, 21 November 2003
- ↑ RTÉ Album Review for Shonagh Daly, includes reference to Late Late Show performance
