Those Who Attended.

The Anaconda Standard, Anaconda, 1922-03-17, p.8

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Summary

Roll-call from the banquet of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick at the Thornton hotel, Butte, on the eve of St. Patrick's Day (Thursday 16 March 1922; reported in the Anaconda Standard of 17 March), attended by 96 guests, with their stated PLACES OF BIRTH appended. The clipping is the report's closing section (Those Who Attended.), picking up with the tail of D. J. Fitz Gerald's reference to "the old days of Butte"; the printed "partial list" runs to 95 entries. The report's speeches (Judge Jackson, Judge Lynch, Frank C. Walker, R. R. Kilroy, Judge John V. Dwyer and others) are on the same page (page record). About 24 per cent of the attendees gave Ireland as their birth place; "a few gave no place of birth"; "J. J. Murphy gave his place of birth as 'Chief of Police,' saying 'It's good enough'" (the list entry reads Jere J. Murphy, "chief of police."). ARCHIVE SIGNIFICANCE for the JJM-Centerville-AOH candidacy. The list includes **James J. Murphy, Cork, Ireland** — almost certainly the same person as person_james_murphy_son_of_pat_and_ellen (the AOH-active James J. Murphy whom the same page names floor manager at Twentieth Century hall for the evening's A. O. H. dance — see also 1922-03-12_anaconda-standard). The Cork birthplace combined with the 1918 Kilcatherine-Dwyer-cousins clipping localises his Cork origin to Beara. Lump-rather-than- split judgment applies; the link now stands at family_confidence 75 (identity 85). "James J. Murphy" is common enough that the Cork attendee being a different person from the AOH leader cannot be strictly ruled out. (This text used to say he was held at 50; the number on the link is 75. Prose corrected 21 Oct 2026.) PARTIAL ATTENDEE LIST (see transcription.md for the full list and birthplaces). The Cork-Ireland-born guests are particularly relevant: Richard R. Kilroy (Cork), T. J. McCarthy (Cork), **James J. Murphy (Cork)**, and Jeremith J. Lynch (BALLYCROVANE — same townland as the 1873 ogham-stone clipping). The Ballycrovane connection on a Butte St. Patrick's banquet attendee list is itself a striking data point.

In its time

Narrative

A partial roster of the St. Patrick's banquet records 96 guests, with several arriving after the list was made up; the meal was served to Irish and American airs, "the airs of either land being greeted with equal enthusiasm." Each name is given with a place of birth — about 24 per cent naming Ireland, among them Richard R. Kilroy and James J. Murphy of Cork, Jeremith J. Lynch of Ballycrovane, M. O'D. Barry of Limerick, W. E. Deeney of County Donegal and M. J. Leonard of County Mayo — alongside Butte, Anaconda, Virginia City and Michigan men. Jere J. Murphy gave his birthplace as "Chief of Police," and Walter J. Sewell, from Frederickton, New Brunswick, registered from the "Celestial City." [transcription partial — list continues beyond the visible column]

  • “A sumptuous banquet was served to the strains of Irish and American music, the airs of either land being greeted with equal enthusiasm”
  • “J. J. Murphy gave his place of birth as "Chief of Police," saying "It's good enough."”
  • “A man from Frederickton, New Brunswick registered from the "Celestial City."”
  • “Tom Walker, Dublin Gulch.”

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People

Also mentioned

  • Richard R. Kilroy · banquet_attendee

    Cork, Ireland.

  • M. O'D. Barry · banquet_attendee

    Limerick, Ireland.

  • Charles Kennedy · banquet_attendee

    Donegal, Ireland.

  • M. J. Leonard · banquet_attendee

    County Mayo, Ireland.

  • John F. McCarthy · banquet_attendee

    Anaconda. Possibly the brother of the unnamed McCarthy drowned at Kilcatherine in 1918.

  • Jere J. Murphy · banquet_attendee

    Butte Chief of Police. Gave his place of birth as "Chief of Police", saying "It's good enough." Distinct from JJM-AOH and from the 1927-Apr "OTHER" JJM.

  • William L. Murphy · banquet_attendee

    No place of birth printed in the visible portion. Another Butte Murphy of the period; held separately under two-records rule.

  • John Joseph Kelly · banquet_attendee

    Butte. Kelly is on the user's associated-families list.

  • J. J. O'Neill · banquet_attendee

    Butte.

  • William J. Sullivan · banquet_attendee

    Butte.

  • John T. Sullivan · banquet_attendee

    Butte.

  • Thomas Sullivan · banquet_attendee

    Anaconda.

  • Michael Sullivan · banquet_attendee

    Ireland.

  • M. M. Sullivan · banquet_attendee
  • Thomas Curtis · banquet_attendee

    Butte. 'Curtis' — possibly a variant spelling of Curtin; the 1846 Times clipping names Humphry Curtin of Courough, Beara, as a starvation death. Worth a note.

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news_item, public_meeting_report, list_of_officers

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Transcription
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# Those Who Attended. *The Anaconda Standard, Friday, March 17, 1922, p. 8, cols. 5-6. The closing section of the banquet report SONS ST. PATRICK GATHER IN BUTTE (Americanism Chief Note in Banquet of Irish at Thornton.), which runs from column 2; the clipping picks up at the end of the D. J. Fitz Gerald paragraph, and the list runs on to the top of column 6.* […D. J. Fitz Gerald, another personal friend of Marcus DalyButte: companies, unions & placesThe Copper KingsWilliam A. Clark, Marcus Daly and F. Augustus Heinze, whose rivalry over Butte’s mines ran Montana politics from the late 1880s to 1906.More in Key terms →, spoke feelingly of the man who started the indus-]try in Butte. He was greeted with vociferous applause in his reference to the old days of Butte. ## Those Who Attended. A partial list of the banqueters showed an attendance of 96 guests, several coming after the roster had been made up, having been detained. A sumptuous banquet was served to the strains of Irish and American music, the airs of either land being greeted with equal enthusiasm. Following is the list of guests previously mentioned, together with their place of birth. About 24 per cent gave Ireland as their birth place. A few gave no place of birth. J. J. Murphy gave his place of birth as "Chief of Police," saying "It's good enough." A man from Frederickton, New Brunswick, registered from the "Celestial City." The list: - Charles P. Nevin, Virginia City, Nev. - Harry A. Gallwey, Virginia City, Nev. - Richard R. Kilroy, Cork, Ireland. - Joseph R. Jackson, Albany, N. Y. - M. O'D. Barry, Limerick, Ireland. - Jeremith [sic] J. Lynch, Ballycrovane, Ireland. - M. J. Scott, Iowa. - J. C. Shields, Michigan. - W. E. Deeney, County Donegal, Ireland. - Tom Walker, Dublin GulchButte: companies, unions & placesDublin GulchThe Irish neighbourhood along the Anaconda Road, just above uptown Butte, under the headframes of the Anaconda mines.More in Key terms →. - M. J. Leonard, County Mayo, Ireland. - D. H. Crowley, Michigan. - Phil C. Goodwin, Nebraska. - W. H. Nevin, Nevada. - Harry L. Hanson, Nevada. - Jere E. Shea, Michigan. - C .E. [M]eagher, Masachusetts. [sic] - L. T. Lawler, Minnesota. - Dan J. Donohue, Wisconsin. - Harry Thompson, Ontario. - John D. O'Neill, New York. - John J. Caplis, North Dakota. - A. J. Haggerty, Illinois. - John Joseph Kelly, Butte. - John F. McCarthy, Anaconda. - T. J. McCarthy, Cork, Ireland. - Tom Driscoll, Canada. - Dolan Harrington, Minnesota. - Hilary Harrington, Minnesota. - R. J. McDonald, Canada. - James T. Finlen, Virginia City, Nev. - Charles Kennedy, Donegal, Ireland. - T. J. Fenlon, Chicago. - P. J. Brophy, Carlow, Ireland. - T. J. B. Shanley, Burlington, Vt. - Dr. B. J. Keenan, Malon[e], N. Y. - Jere J. Murphy, "chief of police." - Frank C. Walker, Pennsylvania. - John V. Dwyer, Michigan. - Tom McDonald, Illinois. - D. J. Fitzgerald, Peterboro, Canada. - J. G. O'Brien, Montana. - William J. Sullivan, Butte. - M. J. Sheehan, New Jersey. - Dr. J. L. Hannifin, Idaho. - D. J. Harrington, Ireland. - James J. Murphy, Cork, Ireland. - Walter J. Sewell, "Celestial City." - Bert Fraser, Ireland. - J. E. Brennan, Ireland. - P. D. Gibbons, Ireland. - R. H. Manning, Ireland. - Dr. T. B. Kelly, Ireland. - James H. Rowe, Chicago. - William L. Murphy. - J. F. Driscoll. - James Francis Carey, Ireland. - Don B. King, Butte. - John J. Burke, Butte. - Charles H. Gallagher. - M. J. English, Ireland. - M. M. Sullivan. - Dan Coleman. - Bill Molloy, Michigan. - Maurice Doherty. - Joseph J. McCaffery, Ireland. - John T. Sullivan, Butte. - T. B. Woolaghan, Ireland. - Michael J. Mulholland, Ireland. - John J: McCarthy, Ireland. - Thomas Curtis, Butte. - M. J. Walsh, Butte. - J. J. O'Neill, Butte. - James M. Harrington, Butte. - J. M. Brown, New Brunswick. - Michael Sullivan, Ireland. - E. J. Devine, Dakota. - Thomas Sullivan, Anaconda. - Patrick J. Orr, Ireland. - John Gribben, Ireland. - Jerry J. Egan, Ireland. - Patrick Craig, Ireland. - P. J. Boyle, Ireland. - F. E. Blodgett, Butte. - John H. Golden, Ireland. - P. H. McCarthy, Hancock, Mich. - J. D. Murphy, Butte. - Hugh Daly, Ireland. - James Brett, Butte. - James J. Carrigan. - Daniel Coleman. - William B. Daly. - Dr. Shields. - B. E. Cooney. - Mike O'Donnell, assistant chief of police. *[Text checked against the page scan at 3x (doubtful entries re-checked at 3x), 21 Oct 2026, starting from the tile-by-tile page reading of 20-21 Oct 2026. The list prints 95 entries (81 in column 5, 14 at the head of column 6); the article gives the attendance as 96. Printed forms kept: "Jeremith", "C .E.", "Masachusetts", "John J: McCarthy"; "Nev." is not expanded. The earlier speeches of the banquet report (Judge Jackson, Judge Lynch, Frank C. Walker, R. R. Kilroy, Judge John V. Dwyer, Maj. W. E. Deeney, Father M. O'D. Barry, Senator Gallwey, Dr. T. J. B. Shanley, James T. Finlen) are in the page record.]*

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Open questions

  • HIGH PRIORITY for user judgment. The "James J. Murphy, Cork, Ireland" attendee — combined with the 1918 Kilcatherine-Dwyer- cousins clippings and the long AOH leadership record — is now a three-way converging case for the link to person_james_murphy_son_of_pat_and_ellen, which now stands at family_confidence 75 (identity 85). Flagging for any further promotion on user signal. (This item used to say "held at 50"; prose corrected 21 Oct 2026, number unchanged.)
  • Jeremith J. Lynch from Ballycrovane — same place as the 1873 ogham-stone clipping, and same Lynch surname as the recurring Judge J. J. Lynch of the Butte AOH / Hibernian leadership. Are these the same man? Worth tracing through later AOH coverage for a Beara-origin claim on Judge Lynch.
  • Thomas Curtis of Butte — is "Curtis" a transcription of the Irish Beara surname Curtin? If so, possible alignment to the 1846 Humphry Curtin starvation case.