¹Yeats, W. B. "A Man Young And Old: III. The Mermaid." The Tower. New York: Macmillan, 1928.

²Zucchelli, Christine. Stones of Adoration Sacred Stones and Mystic Megaliths of Ireland. Doughcloyne, Wilton, Cork: Collins, 2007. 30.

³FitzPatrick, Elizabeth. Royal Inauguration in Gaelic Ireland: C.1100-1600 : a Cultural Landscape Study. Woodbridge: Boydell, 2004. 76.

⁴"The Mermaid Stones." Dowd Family Archives. Web. 01 July 2011. <http://www.tonydowd.com/History/mermaid_stones.htm>.
Another genealogical page featuring The Children of the Mermaid story may be found here.

⁵"The Mermaid Rocks." SIP - Schools Integration Project - Projects: Home. Web. 01 July 2011. <http://www.sip.ie/sip005g/videos/mermaid.htm>.
The story used by the schoolchildren, as well as a representation of the Children of the Mermaid scene in Lego blocks, may be viewed in the URL above. Other work from the students, including photographs and paintings of the Mermaid Stones, may be seen here.

⁶Wood-Martin, W.G., The Rude Stone Monuments of Ireland: Co. Sligo and Achill Island. Dublin: Hodges, Figges and Co., 1888. 227-28.
The book may be read in its entirety here.

⁷Wood-Martin, W.G., The Rude Stone Monuments of Ireland: Co. Sligo and Achill Island. Dublin: Hodges, Figges and Co., 1888. 227-28.
The book may be read in its entirety here.

⁸"The Mermaid Rocks." RootsWeb.com Home Page. Web. 01 July 2011. <http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlsli/mermaid.html>.

⁹Croker, Thomas Crofton. Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland. London: John Murray, 1834. 177-85.
"The Lady of Gollerus" may be read online here.

¹⁰Croker, Thomas Crofton. "Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland." Google Books. Web. 01 July 2011. <http://books.google.com/books?id=g2wWAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA3&ots=M2Zv7AIwLg&dq=croker%20The%20Lady%20of%20Gollerus&pg=PA14#v=onepage&q&f=false>.

¹¹Zucchelli 29.

¹²Yeats, William Butler., and Benedict Kiely. Fairy and Folk Tales of Ireland. New York: Touchstone Book, 1998. 60.