Below you will find additional resources for conducting research into the issues relating to William Smith O'Brien.

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• 'To solitude consigned' : the Tasmanian journal of William Smith O'Brien, 1849-1853 edited by Richard Davis ... [et al.].   Darlinghurst, N.S.W. Crossing Press, 1995.

• William Smith O'Brien : Ireland - 1848 - Tasmania by Richard Davis. Dublin: Geography Publications, 1989.

• Famine Warhouse, Ballingarry, Ireland - site of the 1848 Rebellion by the Young Irelanders.

• Portrait of William Smith O'Brien.

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