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- ↑ "Welcome to Teastas Eorpach na Gaeilge". Teastas Eorpach na Gaeilge.
- ↑ Council of Europe (2011). Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment. Council of Europe.
