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References
- ↑ Irish Madonna Hungary: Bishop Walter Lynch of Clonfert
- ↑ Catholic Hierarchy
- ↑ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 p419 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ↑ Hungarian bishop to present 'Irish Madonna' by Patsy McGarry, The Irish Times , Friday October 10, 2003.
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