To Tara via Holyhead
Subtitle: Irish Catholic immigrants in nineteenth-century Christchurch
By: Lyndon Fraser.
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Auckland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Irish -- New Zealand -- Christchurch -- History.; Catholics -- New Zealand -- Christchurch -- History.; Immigrants -- New Zealand -- Christchurch -- History -- 19th century.; Christchurch (N.Z.) -- History.; New Zealand -- Emigration and immigration.; New Zealand -- History -- 19th century.
Description: A detailed study of the 19th-century Irish Catholic immigrants in Christchurch. The text explores issues of ethnicity, kinship and community in colonial contexts, and makes comparisons to the North American experience.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-201) and index.