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- ↑ Dòmhnall Eachann Meek, Mairi Mhòr nan Oran ; Taghadh de a h-Orain (Edinburgh : Scottish Academic Press, 1998) p40
- ↑ "Radicals: John Murdoch and the Birth of Scottish Socialism". Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
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