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"ref": "2007, Enda Walsh, The Walworth Farce, page 48:",
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"ref": "2007, John Malone, Heading Home, →ISBN, page 46:",
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"ref": "2010, John Lonergan, The Governor, →ISBN:",
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"ref": "2013, Corri Lee, All My Demons, →ISBN, page 221:",
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