BUTTE HONORS MEMORY OF IRELAND'S PATRON SAINT

# BUTTE HONORS MEMORY OF IRELAND'S PATRON SAINT ## Parade the Greatest of Its Kind in History of City—Eight Hundred Attend High Mass at St. Joseph's Church—Crowd Fills Auditorium at Afternoon Exercises—Day Closes With Young Folks Tripping Light Fantastic at Local Halls. *The Butte Miner, Wednesday, March 18, 1914, p. 1, cols. 1-2. (Front-page lead, with the masthead "THE BUTTE MINER" — "Established 1876", Vol. LI No. 178, "THE ONLY MORNING NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN BUTTE—IT COVERS ENTIRE NORTHWEST.")* *Two half-tone photographs across cols. 3-5, captioned (upper) "The fife and drum corps which participated in yesterday's exercises." and (lower) "The Irish VolunteersIreland: movements, law & landIrish Volunteersfounded 1913The nationalist militia formed in Dublin in November 1913 in answer to the Ulster Volunteers. A minority of it carried out the 1916 Rising; it became the Irish Republican Army.More in Key terms →."* Butte's big Auditorium was comfortably filled yesterday afternoon with sons and daughters of ErinIrish societiesDaughters of Erin / Ladies’ Auxiliaryfrom 1894The women’s side of Hibernian life. The AOH’s national women’s body was organised in 1894 as the Daughters of Erin and later took the name Ladies’ Auxiliary.More in Key terms →, who assemble once each year to do honor to the patron saint of Ireland. The affair was held under the auspices of the Ancient Order of HiberniansIrish societiesAncient Order of Hiberniansin America from 1836The largest Irish Catholic fraternal order in America: sick and death benefits for members, St. Patrick’s Day parades, and steady support for Irish nationalism.More in Key terms →. Much enthusiasm was manifested by those present. The day was the greatest in the history of B[u]tte Gaels. James J. Murphy, county president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, presided. His introductory remarks were timely. He told of the feeling in Butte among the Irishmen for a closer union. James B. Mulcahy delivered the address of the day upon "The Life of St. Patrick." The speaker prefaced his remarks by declaring that so much had been said upon the subject during the past day or two he doubted if there remained anything for him to speak about. But contrary to this he delivered an excellent talk and was greeted with a generous applause. Incidentally Mr. Mulcahy told of the struggle between England and Ireland, declaring the former nation had made three treaties with Ireland, during the life of the speaker and had broken each one. "I hope the time will never come when Irishmen will substitute the cry 'God Save the King' for the beloved 'God Save Ireland,'" he said. The program was opened by selections from the Irish Volunteers' fife and drum corps. Miss Alice Dalling and Willie Dalling followed with excellent selections on piano and violin. Such well-known singers and entertainers as Mrs. Martha Collins, M. J. Gavigan and Ed Lee were on the program. The program: Selections of Irish airs, Irish Volunteers' fife and drum corps. Introductory remarks, Chairman James J. Murphy, county president Ancient Order of Hibernians. Instrumental duet, Miss Alice Dalling and Willie Dalling. Vocal solo, "Come Back to Erin," Miss Marie Hickey. Reading, selected, Miss Imelda Kelly. Vocal solo, "I'll Take You Ho[m]e Aga[i]n, Kathleen," Jame[s] Murphy. Jig and reel dancing, the Gaelic leagueIrish societiesGaelic Leaguefounded 1893Founded in Dublin by Douglas Hyde and Eoin MacNeill to keep Irish a spoken language. Branches in American cities ran language classes, dances and concerts and raised money for the work in Ireland.More in Key terms → juniors, the Misses Mary and Josie McCarthy, Anna Church and Helen Downey. Vocal solo, "Killarney," Mrs. Martha Collins. Reading, selected, Miss Helen Tallon. Address, James B. Mulcahy. Instrumental duet, Miss Fleming and Willie Fleming. Vocal solo, "I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls," Miss Minnie Tinetti. Reading, selected, M. J. Gavigan. Vocal solo, "Molly Bawn," Ed Lee. Eight-hand reel dance, Gaelic league, Misses Angela Church, Daisy Ryan, Norah Murphy, Laura Welsh; Daniel Leahy, Daniel Mullins, Patrick O'Brien and William Murphy. Vocal solo, "Mother Machree," Miss Lillian McNulty. Selections of Irish airs, the Irish Volunteers' fife and drum corps. ## Parade a Success. The parade formed in CentervilleButte: companies, unions & placesCentervilleThe hillside neighbourhood between uptown Butte and Walkerville, built among the mine yards and home to many Irish and Cornish mining families.More in Key terms →, moving down Main street to Granite. West on Granite the line turned south on Montana street going east on Broadway to Arizona and then south to the St. Joseph's church. As the first event of the day the parade came as the most successful one of its kind in the history of Butte. Some estimated the procession to be over one mile long. Visitors from Anaconda, Deer Lodge, Helena and other Montana cities were in line. The Ancient Order of Hibernians formed the biggest delegation, there being but few members of that organization who failed to turn out. Many Hibernians from Anaconda were in line. A strong representation from the Robert Emmet LiteraryIrish societiesRobert Emmet Literary AssociationButte’s camp of the Clan na Gael — the secret Irish republican brotherhood in America — meeting publicly as a literary society. Its minute books record members by number rather than by name.More in Key terms → society marched. The Gaelic league was in line almost to a member. In addition to the drum corps of the Irish volunteers, the crack corps from the Anaconda chapter of the A. O. H. attended. ## Hundreds at Church. Over 800 men attended high mass at St. Joseph's church in the morning. Rev. Father McCormack delivered the sermon. He told of St. Patrick, his birth and his influence on the history of Christianity. He said in part: ## Tribute to A. O. H. "And let me say to you, brothers of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, your organization has played such an important part in defending and upbuilding our sublime Christian heritage that you may well be styled 'Bulwark of the Church.' Gather into your society the stout, sturdy sons of St. Patrick. By their affiliations they will continue their abiding love for their motherland and prove to be the highest type of citizens in this great land of their adoption. "May the name of St. Patrick never shine less in the generations to come, but like a banner, inscribed with dates of history, may it float over the battlefields of spiritual conquest. "We may well look to St. Patrick as the rock from which we were hewn. In him and his numerous successors we see combined the admirable passion for knowledge and love of fatherland. Here lies one great province for our devotion to Christian truth and may every succeeding decade see the children of St. Patrick more and more distinguished among those who [co]ntribute to every branch of learning. [M]ay they be leaders for religion's sake, b[e]nefactors of a suffering hu[m]anity, phy[sic]ians of a world cherishing its own di[sc]ontent. May they look to the island of [sa]ints and scholars, that now arises in the [m]orning of its hope, for examples of unis[on a]nd concord between the [inalienable?] [r]ights of religion and the utilities of human science. ## Hope for Ireland. "No longer do we meet to speak of Ireland's sorrows. The sunburst of her glory, long waited for, is now shining upon her, and, from the hill tops of undying Irish hope, her sons and daughters will be rulers in the land where for centuries they were denied the common rights of men and Christians. And let us hope that their last grand effort for a united and progressive Ireland will prove to the world that the Irish race at home are able to accomplish in material and spiritual things the resources with which they have been so richly endowed." ## Delightful Day. The weather could not have been more ideal for the day. During the morning a warm sun made conditions ideal for both marchers and spectators. Of the latter the sidewalks in the downtown section were crowded. ## Ends in Dancing. As a fitting conclusion of the day the young folks took charge, having engaged three of the local dance halls beforehand. At the Coliseum the crowd was immense. The same conditions prevailed at the Hibernian and Pallas halls. It was a great day for the Gaels. *[Text checked against the page scan at 3x (the programme's singer line and the blotted sermon lines at 6x), 21 Oct 2026, starting from the tile-by-tile page reading of 20-21 Oct 2026. Letters in square brackets are supplied where an ink smear (programme line) or a dark blotch (sermon paragraph) covers them; the word before "[r]ights" is lost under the blotch. The article ends on page one; no continuation.]*