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- Tim Cadogan and Jeremiah Falvey, A Biographical Dictionary of Cork, 2006, Four Courts Press ISBN 978-1-84682-030-4
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Citations
- ↑ Caulfield 1878, p.22
- ↑ Caulfield 1878, pp.146–7
- ↑ Caulfield 1878, p.181
- ↑ Caulfield 1878, p.197
- ↑ Caulfield 1878, p.413
- ↑ Johnston-Liik 2002