Nicholas Stafford (1691–1762) was an

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in the

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in the early seventeenth century. A former

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of Ferns and Leighlin he was

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"A New History of Ireland" T. W. Moody,

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, F.J. Byrne and Cosgrove, A:

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, 1976 from 1601 until his death in 1604." The History and Antiquities of the County of Carlow " Ryan, J. p139: Dublin; Richard Moore;1833

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