| Gypsum mining and the Shirley estate in south Monaghan, 1800-1936 | McDermott, Michael | Monograph or Collective Volume | Four Courts | 2009 |
| Migration to Australia mid-nineteenth century; emigration from the Shirley estate at the time of the Famine | James, StephanieMcClaughlin, TrevorO'Reilley, Simon | Article in Journal | | 2010 |
| Shirleys of Kilkenny and Carlow | Nosov, Anne | Article in Journal | | 2002 |
| The Cottiers of the Shirley Estate in the civil parishes of Donaghmoyne, Killanny, Magheracloone and Magheross 1840-1847 | McMahon, TheoO Neill, Maire | Article in Journal | | 2010 |