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- ↑ "Class of 2022 George J. Mitchell Scholars | US-Ireland Alliance". www.us-irelandalliance.org. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ↑ Vargo, Trina (July 19, 1998). "The Irish, Here and There; For Irish Americans, Peace Means Change". The Washington Post. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
- ↑ Kay, Sean (2011). Celtic Revival? The Rise, Fall, and Renewal of Global Ireland. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 264. ISBN 978-1442211094.
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