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THE PROTESTANT MINORITY IN SOUTHERN IRELAND

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2012

EUGENIO F. BIAGINI
EUGENIO F. BIAGINI*
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Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
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The Historical Journal , Volume 55 , Issue 4 , December 2012 , pp. 1161 - 1184
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