{"name":"Commemorated by","target":"Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 36. St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'><\/span>"},"date_start":null,"date_end":null}
{"name":"Architect","target":"Hilly, John Frederick","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1840<\/span>"},"date_start":"1840","date_end":"1840"}
An early focus for the Irish Catholic community in Sydney, St Patrick's became a symbol of Irish pride. Thousands of worshippers, carrying green flags, marched through the city to its foundation stone-laying ceremony in 1840.