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- ↑ 'I know many people won't understand' - BBC star Martina Purdy quits for new life as nun by Amanda Ferguson, Irish Independent, 12 October 2014.
- ↑ Martina Purdy Today with Sean O'Rourke, RTE Radio 1, 20 September 2018.
- ↑ Martina Purdy and Elaine Kelly leave Belfast Convent NI Politics, BBC, 25 September 2019.
- ↑ Ex-BBC correspondent Martina Purdy launches St Patrick’s Way pilgrimage route in Co Down By Philip Bradfield, Newsletter, Friday, 26 June 2020.