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- ↑ National Diploma in Horticulture Teagasc Website.
- ↑ Warrenstown College prepares for new horticulture degree Meath Chronicle, Sunday, 4 May 2008.
- ↑ Warrenstown Horticultural College to Close Teagasc Website, 23 October 2008
- ↑ Agricultural Colleges over-subscribed by Darraqh Mullen, Irish Farmers Journal, 9 June 2009.
- ↑ Meath farm sells for €13.5 million; Irish farm land most expensive in Europe By Finfacts Team, 28 May 2008.
- ↑ Colaiste na bhfiann Breathes new life into Warrenstown Meath Chronicle, 21 July 2010.