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Kōrero: Irish

Mock funeral, 1868

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Mock funeral, 1868

The Fenians hanged in Manchester, England, were honoured in Hokitika by a funeral procession, and by a mock funeral. The artist Patrick Lysaght captured the latter event in this pencil drawing.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Non-ATL-0077

by Patrick Lysaght

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Jock Phillips, Irish – Culture and politics before 1911, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/66/mock-funeral-1868 (accessed 4 June 2026).

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