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- ↑ 'The Irish Brigade' by Dr. A. Conan Doyle, Irish Literary Society General Report 1897-1898, National Library of Ireland, Ephemera Department.
- ↑ "The Bookman". The Bookman. Great Britain: Hodder & Stoughton. 17: 145. 1900. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
