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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.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Non-ATL-0077

by Patrick Lysaght

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

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