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Poster, 1890

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Poster, 1890

Many Irish immigrants did not forget their origins or the social conditions which had forced them to leave. This poster advertising a programme in aid of Marist Brothers schools in Wellington featured Irish songs and a story of Irish eviction.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-Variety-1890-01

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Jock Phillips, Irish – Migration after 1870, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/40/poster-1890 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.