A NOTABLE CELEBRATION
OF CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION.
(United Presß Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.)
LONDON, June 23
A quarter of a million people from all parts df Ireland and England attended the celebration of pontificial High .Mass at Phoenix Park, Dublin, as the crowning event of Catholic emancipation centenary celebrations. Dublin had never witnessed a religious demonstration of such a vast splendid scale. An altar, fifty feet high, was erected in an open space. On either side was ranged . classical columns linked with evergreen festoons. The clergy included the whole.. Irish hieraehy and a special envoy from the Pope. The arrangements for the vast assemblage was a marvel of organisation.
The Governor-General and Mr Cosgrave were present.
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 June 1929, Page 5
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114A NOTABLE CELEBRATION Hokitika Guardian, 25 June 1929, Page 5
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