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- ↑ "Oidheadh Chlainne Tuireann". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
- ↑ Macalister, R. A. Stewart. (1941). Lebor Gabála Érenn. Part IV. Irish Texts Society, Dublin. § VII, First Redaction, ¶ 316.
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