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Kōrero: Irish

Political gathering, Greymouth

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Political gathering, Greymouth

Revington’s Hotel in Greymouth welcomes visiting Irish nationalist politicians, probably in 1889, with the Gaelic words ‘Cead Mille Failthe’ (a hundred thousand welcomes).

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-050052; F

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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/67/political-gathering-greymouth (accessed 4 June 2026).

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