The Irish government’s efforts to persuade the Irish Rugby Football Union to call off its tour of South Africa fail.

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01Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.

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South African History Online. (2012, March 19). The Irish government’s efforts to persuade the Irish Rugby Football Union to call off its tour of South Africa fail.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079810

South African History Online (2012) 'The Irish government’s efforts to persuade the Irish Rugby Football Union to call off its tour of South Africa fail.', South African History Online, 19 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079810 (Accessed: 26 September 2026).

South African History Online, The Irish government’s efforts to persuade the Irish Rugby Football Union to call off its tour of South Africa fail. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079810, (accessed 26 September 2026).

"The Irish government’s efforts to persuade the Irish Rugby Football Union to call off its tour of South Africa fail.." South African History Online, 19 Mar. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079810. Accessed 26 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "The Irish government’s efforts to persuade the Irish Rugby Football Union to call off its tour of South Africa fail.." South African History Online. March 19, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079810.