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- ↑ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ↑ thePeerage.com
- ↑ Limerick.com
- ↑ "Limerick city street names beginning with a to Augustianian Lane".
- ↑ Mosley, Charles editor Burke's Peerage 107th edition Wilmington Delaware 2003 Vol.2 p.2335
