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- ↑ O'Hart, John, The Irish Parliament of King James the Second in 1689, Irish Pedigrees: or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation (5th Ed., 1892), Volume 2. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ↑ Lord Mayors of Dublin 1665 – 2020. Dublin City Council. Retrieved 14 February 2023.