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- ↑ George Dames Burtchaell (1888). Genealogical memoirs of the members of Parliament for the county and city of Kilkenny. Sealy, Bryers & Walker. p. 27.
- ↑ Lodge, John (1789). The Peerage of Ireland or, A Genealogical History Of The Present Nobility Of That Kingdom, Vol IV. Dublin: James Moore, p. 19.
- ↑ Byrne, Frances John, et al (2002). A New History of Ireland, Volume 9. New York: Oxford University Press, pg 169.
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