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- ↑ “A New History of Ireland” T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F.J. Byrne and Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
- ↑ Brady, William Maziere (1876). The episcopal succession in England, Scotland and Ireland AD 1400 to 1875. Vol. 2. pp. 127–128. OCLC 655156325.
- ↑ "Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia" Seán Duffy,S/ MacShamhráin,A/ Moynes, J: Abingdon, Routledge, 2005 ISBN 0415940524
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