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Kōrero: Irish

Laying the foundation stone of Christchurch’s Catholic cathedral

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Laying the foundation stone of Christchurch’s Catholic
    cathedral

Crowds at the laying of the foundation stone of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Barbadoes St, in February 1901. The area around Barbadoes St was a significant enclave of Christchurch’s Irish Catholics.

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Canterbury Museum

Reference: 1976.489.1; 1750

Permission of Canterbury Museum, Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Jock Phillips, Irish – Culture and politics before 1911, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/61/laying-the-foundation-stone-of-christchurchs-catholic-cathedral (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.