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- undated — Butte City Directory (R. L. Polk & Co.) — Murphy surname pages (pp. 462–463)Butte City Directory (year unknown) — Murphy James J, clk, r 913 N Anaconda + dense John/Jeremiah Murphy cluster
A Butte City Directory Murphy spread dominated by **Murphy John** and **Murphy Jeremiah** entries. The entry the file was saved for: **Murphy James J — clk (…
- undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume IIAnnals of Beara Vol II: SEAN (PHILIB) O'SULLIVAN (TAILOR) & NORRY RAHILLY (REENAVAUDE NORTH) — parents of Paddy Tailor O'Sullivan (who m. Kate Murphy of Ballycrovane)
Genealogy of the O'Sullivan family of Reenavaude North — parents of **Paddy (Tailor) O'Sullivan** who married Kate Murphy of Ballycrovane (= the central Hyp B "…
- undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume IIAnnals of Beara Vol II, West Foromanes: Jack O'Leary & Catherine O'Sullivan (Seer), marked 'Your Relative' by Emma Verling; Emma's own O'Leary line
Emma Verling's family page. Jack O'Leary "came down to West Foromanes from nearby Lack"; his wife Catherine O'Sullivan was "daughter of Tadhg Seer O'Sullivan (K…
- undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume IIAnnals of Beara Vol II, p.412: JOHNNY O'DWYER & ELLEN LYNCH (CAOLRUA) — 14 children incl. Robert (1918 Pointe Ranna drowning victim, IRA Ballycrovane Co. captain) + the 1921 Black-and-Tans house-burning during the War of Independence
Dwyer family genealogy page. The O'Dwyers of Caolrua are cousin-adjacent to our Murphy line — the 1918 Pointe Ranna fishing-boat drowning that killed Robert O'D…
- undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume IIAnnals of Beara Vol II, p.413: Caolrua O'Dwyer family continued — Pat O'Dwyer Butte mining career 1923-1930 + Mike O'Dwyer US Army WWII + (C) JOHN O'DWYER & KATHLEEN MCCARTHY next generation
Continuation of p.412 entry. Continues Johnny O'Dwyer + Ellen Lynch's children list from child (6) Pat onwards, then picks up section (C) for the next generatio…
- undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume IIAnnals of Beara Vol II pp. 53-55: the O'Sullivan (Keagh, 'Seer') families of Droumbeg and Carrigaphrechane, Ardgroom Inward, with Emma Verling's notes 'START HERE LUKE' and 'Connection LUKE'
Three consecutive pages on the O'Sullivan (Keagh) family, known as "Seer", who came from Castlekilty to Carrigaphrechane "around the year 1800" (Sean Seer and P…
- undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume IIAnnals of Beara Vol II, ~p.275: PADDY MOR MURPHY & MARGARET MURPHY (BANK) — Paddy Mor as brother of Seamus Mor; both sons of an older Patrick Murphy of Ballycrovane
Key cross-reference page. Establishes that Paddy Mor Murphy (of Bank townland) was **a brother of Seamus Mor Murphy** who married Peig Uonhi — i.e., they were b…
- undated — T. D. Sullivan — *Bantry, Berehaven and the O'Sullivan Sept*T. D. Sullivan's Bantry/Berehaven/O'Sullivan Sept — the 19th-c. Bantry-nationalist history of the family's region
T. D. (Timothy Daniel) Sullivan's local history of Bantry, Berehaven and the O'Sullivan Sept — the late-19th-c. nationalist treatment of the same Beara region t…
- undated — Family photographs (a photographed colour print)The O'Sullivan Seer's house at Carraig a Phréacháin, Beara
A modern colour photograph (re-photographed from a print) of the house associated with the **O'Sullivan Seer** ("the Seer O'Sullivan" / an Sáirséalach-type Bear…
- undated — Castletownbere local-history heritage guide / town-walk pamphletCastletownbere local-history walking-tour pamphlet — the family's market town
A local-history walking-tour pamphlet for **Castletownbere** (= the principal town of the Beara peninsula, the administrative/market centre for the Murphy paris…
- undated — F. Jay Haynes, official photographer, Northern Pacific RailroadNorthern Pacific Railroad depot on the Dakota prairie (F. Jay Haynes, Fargo, D.T.)
An F. Jay Haynes photograph of a **Northern Pacific Railroad depot / shop building** standing alone on the open Dakota prairie, track running across the foregro…
- undated — *From Beara To Butte* — companion EPUB to the documentary of the same name*From Beara To Butte* — the central documentary/EPUB on the very migration this archive narrates
Companion EPUB to the **"From Beara to Butte" documentary** — the central secondary source on the same Beara peninsula → Butte, Montana migration arc that this …
- undated — *The Life of Charles Stewart Parnell, 1846-1891* — Parnell biography (most plausibly R. Barry O'Brien, 1898)Standard Life of Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891) — the political backdrop to the Murphys' emigration decade
Standard biography of **Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891)**, the Irish Parliamentary Party leader of the Home Rule and Land War years that frame the Murphys' …
- undated — West Cork history EPUB — most plausibly the O'Halloran 1916 work in EPUB form (matches the paired O'Halloran PDF in the same inbox)West Cork history EPUB — provisionally identified as the O'Halloran 1916 EPUB edition (verify)
EPUB version of (most plausibly) W. O'Halloran's 1916 *Early Irish History and Antiquities, and the History of West Cork*, paired in the inbox upload with the s…
- 1846-12-31 — The Times, p.8
A correspondent writing from Berehaven, on the Beara peninsula in West Cork, describes the collapse of famine relief on the 10th of December 1846, when public w…
- 1847 — Callanan, Jeremiah Joseph — *The Poems of J. J. Callanan* (1847 ed.)The Poems of J. J. Callanan (1847) — the Cork Romantic-nationalist poet's collected verse
*The Poems of J. J. Callanan*, 1847 edition. Jeremiah Joseph Callanan (1795-1829) was a Cork-born Romantic-nationalist poet, often grouped with the early Young-…
- 1873-07-01 — Archaeologia Cambrensis, p.286INSCRIBED STONES OF WALES.
Unsigned letter to the editor of Archaeologia Cambrensis (the journal of the Cambrian Archaeological Association) by an Irish antiquarian, replying to and again…
- 1881-12-09 — Bismarck Tribune, p.2Outrageous.
A one-sentence wire item from Dublin, reprinted in the Bismarck Tribune on 9 December 1881, reporting that the police at Castletown — i.e. Castletown Berehaven,…
- 1882 — Historic photograph — St. James Catholic Church and Rectory, JamestownSt. James Catholic Church and Rectory, Jamestown, Dakota Territory, c.1882
Historic photograph of **St. James Catholic Church and its rectory at Jamestown, Dakota Territory, c.1882** — a brick Gothic-Revival church beside a frame recto…
- 1883 — Emigrant-steamship photograph (web-sourced, colourised)Emigrant steamship — the S.S. Republic, the vessel of Patrick Murphy's 1883 crossing (image provenance uncertain)
A colourised photograph of a late-19th-century transatlantic steamer, filed by the user as **the S.S. Republic — the ship Patrick Murphy emigrated on in 1883**.…
- 1883 — Bird's-eye-view lithograph: "Birds Eye View of Jamestown, Dak., Stutsman County, 1883"1883 bird's-eye-view lithograph of Jamestown, Dakota Territory
A classic late-19th-c. panoramic "bird's-eye view" lithograph of **Jamestown, Dakota Territory, 1883** — the grid of streets along the James River, with a numbe…
- 1883 — Stutsman County Memorial Museum (F. Jay Haynes stereoview)Northern Pacific locomotive and crew in winter, c.1883 (F. Jay Haynes stereoview)
An F. Jay Haynes **stereoview** (paired images) of a Northern Pacific Railway locomotive halted on snow-covered track with a group of men/crew standing on and a…
- 1883-03-23 — Jamestown Weekly Alert, p.3
A short news brief reporting that "the Rawhide Butte copper mines employ 100 men, and [it] promises to be valuable," followed by an unrelated brief about a new …
- 1883-04-28 — The Butte Daily Miner, p.1DOMESTIC AFFAIRS — The Irish Convention
Front-page wire / convention coverage in the Butte Daily Miner on **the Irish-American national convention** (Philadelphia, April 1883) — the founding gathering…
- 1883-06-17 — The Butte Miner, p.4THE PARNELL MEETING.
Report of the public meeting at the Renshaw Opera House in Butte on 16 June 1883 at which a branch of the Irish National League of America was formed. Resolutio…
- 1885 — Stutsman County Memorial MuseumFifth Avenue, Jamestown, Dakota Territory, early 1880s — street procession
A mounted early-1880s photograph of **Fifth Avenue, Jamestown, Dakota Territory**, showing a busy commercial street with a procession/gathering of people and wa…
- 1885-04-09 — Jamestown Weekly Alert, p.1CITY COUNCIL.
Stub record — front-page Jamestown Weekly Alert item about a **Kelleher** (the print never calls him quarrelsome; that word is from the PDF file name), a Jamest…
- 1885-10-22 — Jamestown Weekly Alert, p.6
An editorial brief in the Jamestown (Dakota Territory) Weekly Alert quoting the London Times to the effect that the government of Ireland "has passed or is rapi…
- 1885-10-29 — Jamestown Weekly Alert, p.6
A mining-news brief: Col. C. A. Broadwater of Helena asserts the Montana mines are "looking up," the success of the Butte mines in particular spurring more pros…
- 1885-11-06 — The Anaconda Recorder and New Northwest, p.3AROUND THE MOUNTAINS. Just a Glance at Old Scenes and New Ones.
Stub record — Anaconda Recorder and New Northwest item from Fri 6 Nov 1885, p 3, concerning a **William Hammond livery business** in Philipsburg (the column sur…
- 1885-11-06 — Bismarck Weekly Tribune, p.1The Chinese Driven Out. / The Chinese Exodus.
Two wire items (columns 3 and 5 of the front page) reporting the violent expulsion of Chinese residents from Tacoma, Washington Territory, on 3 November 1885. T…
- 1886-01-14 — Jamestown Weekly Alert, p.5
A brief, credited to the Bismarck Tribune, reporting that the previous day's east-bound train carried miners leaving Butte "with barely enough money to return t…
- 1889-03-18 — The Daily Inter Mountain, p.2GRAND BALL by the Ancient Order of Hibernians at the Miners' Union Hall on Monday, March 18, '89.
A display advertisement for the AOH Division No. 1 Annual Grand Ball at Miners' Union Hall, Butte, Monday 18 March 1889. Proceeds to be applied to the erection …
- 1889-03-20 — The Butte Weekly Miner, p.4ST. PATRICK HONORED. / Observance of the Saint's Natal Day in Butte. / Procession of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Emmet Guards and Parnell Rifles Witnessed by Crowds — The Ball at Miners' Union Hall a Financial and Social Success.
News coverage of the 17 March 1889 St. Patrick's Day procession and ball in Butte. The Ancient Order of Hibernians Division No. 1, with the Emmet Guards and the…
- 1890-04-28 — Irish Examiner, p.4THE FISHING INDUSTRY IN BEREHAVEN.
A prosperous-season report on the **Berehaven spring fishery**: over 200 fishing smacks (from Arklow, Dublin, France, Isle of Man) and ~50 yawls working the gro…
- 1890-11-12 — Kerry Sentinel, p.3THE IMPENDING DISTRESS. CASTLETOWNBERE.
Report of a public representative meeting at the **Castletownbere Union** boardroom, held after routine board business on a Thursday in November 1890, to hear t…
- 1894-08-02 — The Daily Inter Mountain, p.8THE MAYOR OPPOSES IT. / He Says the City Cannot Be Compelled to Pay the 4th of July Riot Bills.
Routine business at the Butte city council meeting, evening of 1 August 1894 — chiefly the claims for damages from the riot of the Fourth of July 1894. Mayor E.…
- 1900-03-22 — The Butte Daily Post, p.3DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. / Daly Faction Has a Working Majority. / HARRIS IS TURNED DOWN. / Beaten by McArthur For Temporary Chairman—The Platform is Harmless.
Long account of the Butte city Democratic Convention of 22 March 1900, in which the Daly faction prevailed over the Clark faction. Jerry Clifford, chairman of t…
- 1904-12-05 — The Butte Daily Post, p.2BUTTE BRIEFS — AOH Division 2 officers elected
Notice embedded in a Butte Briefs column: "At the last meeting of division No. 2, A. O. H., the following officers were elected: **John Ferns, president; Charle…
- 1907-11-26 — Fall River Globe, p.8"MORTY OGE" AND JOHN PUXLEY.
A Fall River notice promoting a serialised history of the Beara peninsula running in "The Searchlight," a weekly published in Brockton, Mass. by **William D. Dw…
- 1909-04-07 — The Butte Daily Post, p.5MARY A. SULLIVAN IS NAMED AS GUARDIAN FOR MARGARET MURPHY
Probate / court news. Mary A. Sullivan of Yellowstone county was appointed guardian of Margaret Murphy and her minor child by Judge McClernan. The final account…
- 1911-03-17 — The Butte Daily Post, p.12HIBERNIANS PAY ANNUAL TRIBUTE / ST. PATRICK AND GLORIES OF THE RACE RECALLED — SERMON AT ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH
Coverage of Butte's 1911 St. Patrick's Day observance — continuation from page 1. The Butte Hibernians (AOH) marked the day with a Mass and sermon at St. Patric…
- 1913-07-06 — The Anaconda Standard, p.32PROBING MYSTERY OF THE DEATH OF GENERAL MEAGHER
A Sun 6 Jul 1913 Anaconda Standard feature, "Probing Mystery of the Death of General Meagher." It is an item about the **death of Thomas Francis Meagher** (1823…
- 1916 — O'Halloran, W. — *Early Irish History and Antiquities, and the History of West Cork*W. O'Halloran's 1916 history of West Cork — the standard secondary source for Beara antiquities, Morty Oge/Puxley, and the regional past
W. O'Halloran's 1916 *Early Irish History and Antiquities, and the History of West Cork* — the standard regional history of the Beara/Bantry world the Murphys c…
- 1916 — Chapter extract from O'Halloran (1916), Chapter XIX (10) — "Puxley and the Famous Morty Oge"O'Halloran 1916, Chapter XIX — 'Puxley and the Famous Morty Oge'
The Puxley/Morty Oge O'Sullivan chapter from W. O'Halloran's 1916 West Cork history, held as a distinct citable extract alongside the full book. Opens: "A Welsh…
- 1917-01-20 — The Butte Daily Post, p.7BUTTE GAVE $2,540 FOR IRISH RELIEF
Top-left lead on Butte Daily Post p.7, Saturday 20 January 1917. Report of the meeting of the local Irish Relief committee held the previous evening at John J. …
- 1917-02-16 — The Butte Daily Post, p.3NAME COMMITTEE FOR ST. PATRICK'S HOLIDAY
Centre column on Butte Daily Post p.3, Friday 16 February 1917 — one month and one day before St. Patrick's Day. Brief news item announcing the committee named …
- 1920-01-25 — The Anaconda Standard, p.30Garfield School
School-news column titled "Garfield School" with the by-line **"By Jim Murphy"** — an 8th-grade student at Garfield School in (presumably) Butte or Anaconda is …
- 1920-03-01 — The Butte Miner, p.5WELL KNOWN BUTTE MEN BUY EXCLUSIVE PARK STREET STORE
Founding-of-business article for what becomes the Murphy-Softley store. E. A. Brown of the Brown company (formerly president and manager of the Hennessy company…
- 1920-08-17 — The Butte Miner, p.8
A "safety-first" address (mine-safety / first-aid context) that reaches back to the 1918 influenza epidemic in Butte as its moral example: "during the dark days…
- 1920-10-18 — New York Herald, p.2EAST SIDE DEMOCRATS FLOCKING TO HARDING
Sub-head: "G.O.P. Opens More Branches to Accommodate Them." Two weeks before the November 1920 presidential election. The Democrats of New York are rushing to t…
- 1920-10-26 — The Butte Miner, p.1MURPHY FOLLOWS LORD MAYOR TO GRAVE / IRELAND AND ENGLAND ARE STIRRED FOLLOWING DEATH OF IRISH LEADER; MURPHY THIRD OF STRIKERS DEAD
Banner front-page wire dispatch on the deaths of two Cork hunger strikers on 25 October 1920: Terence MacSwiney (Lord Mayor of Cork, died early in Brixton priso…
- 1920-12-31 — Westropp, Thomas Johnson — *The Promontory Forts and Traditions of the Districts of Beare and Bantry, Co. Cork* (journal article)Westropp 1920 — promontory forts and folk-traditions of the Beare-and-Bantry districts (JRSAI)
T. J. Westropp's 1920 *Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland* article on the **promontory forts and associated folk-traditions of the Beare and…
- 1922-03-17 — The Anaconda Standard, p.7IRISH OBSERVE BIRTH OF SAINT — Anniversary Exercises at A. O. H. Hall Attended by Large Audience
Anaconda's St. Patrick's Day 1922 celebration at the **Anaconda AOH hall** — "in song, story and speech the Anaconda branch of the Ancient Order of Hibernians a…
- 1923-03-04 — The Anaconda Standard, p.10MURPHY-SOFTLEY CO. TO OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY
Murphy-Softley Co. (women's furnishings house, 22 West Park street Butte) to observe the third anniversary of its 1920-03-01 opening with a week-long anniversar…
- 1923-04-28 — The Butte Miner, p.6HIBERNIANS WILL GIVE DANCE FRIDAY EVENING
Announcement that the Ancient Order of Hibernians will hold a **May Day ball on Friday evening, May 4 [1923], at the Winter Garden hall on South Montana street*…
- 1924-01-01 — The Butte Miner, p.5SEVERS CONNECTION WITH APPAREL STORE — E. W. Softley Will Devote His Time to Marketing New Invention.
Same story as the Anaconda Standard Jan 2 1924 piece, published ONE DAY EARLIER in the Butte Miner. Companion clipping with PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT of E. W. Softl…
- 1924-01-02 — The Anaconda Standard, p.5SOFTLEY RETIRES TO BUILD NEW LINE — Member of Murphy-Softley Firm to Put Polish Invention on the Market.
Edward W. Softley retired from Murphy-Softley (women's apparel shop, West Park street Butte) at the close of 1923 to devote full time to marketing his "Super-Sh…
- 1924-04-13 — The Butte Miner, p.20Judges Are Chosen for Elections of Next Month
The Silver Bow County Commissioners completed the list of election judges for two May 1924 elections — a "consolidation election" on May 12 (a special-question …
- 1924-06-29 — The Butte Miner, p.26CONVENTION REFUSES TO SPECIFY KU KLUX
Butte Miner, Sun 29 Jun 1924, p. 26 (a four-column page region). Main article, "CONVENTION REFUSES TO SPECIFY KU KLUX" ("Continued From Page One"): the debate o…
- 1926-11-11 — The Los Angeles Times, p.20KRUEGER [paid death notice]
Paid death-notice — Imelda Kelly Krueger, died November 10 1926. Beloved wife of Karl P. Krueger; loving daughter of Mrs. Mary Kelly; and sister of MRS. JAMES M…
- 1933-03-29 — The Montana Standard, p.5MRS. MALONEY DIES ON COAST
Obituary of **Mrs. J. H. Maloney, 65**, a former Butte resident who left Butte in 1910, died of a sudden heart attack at her home in Long Beach, California. Pro…
- 1940-05-30 — The Montana Standard, p.5MRS. MARY KELLY, EX-WALKERVILLE RESIDENT, TAKEN
Obituary for Mrs. Mary Kelly (per the user's filing, maiden name CHATHAM), former Walkerville resident, who died Tuesday 28 May 1940 at her Los Angeles home. Na…
- 1954-10-28 — The Montana Standard, p.2Miss Mary Kelly Dies in California
Obituary for Miss Mary "Mayme" Kelly — former Butte and Walkerville resident — who died suddenly Wednesday afternoon (27 Oct 1954) at her home in Los Angeles. H…
- 1964-08-29 — The Montana Standard, p.1Charles Gallagher, Who Pioneered Grocery Idea, Dies
Front-page obituary of **Charles H. Gallagher**, 89, of Butte, a Ballina-(Co. Mayo)-Ireland-born grocer and civic leader who introduced self-service grocery sto…
- 2006-10-07 — Riobárd Ó Dwyer Papers, NEHGS (Mss 1097) — "Stories from Beara"; received as an email from Riobárd Ó DwyerRiobárd Ó Dwyer's Famine oral history — 'Norry Tenpenny' of Allihies and the death-march to Bunmahon (Black '47)
A Beara Famine oral history relayed by Riobárd Ó Dwyer. In my own words (verbatim text held privately in notes.md per the NEHGS CC BY-NC-ND restriction): "Norr…
- 2006-11-25 — Riobárd Ó Dwyer Papers, NEHGS (Mss 1097) — "Stories from Beara"; received as an email from Riobárd Ó DwyerRiobárd Ó Dwyer's Beara folktale — 'Tis a hard life the women have' (a Dursey Island role-reversal tale)
A humorous Beara folktale relayed by Riobárd Ó Dwyer (verbatim in notes.md per NEHGS rights). A man ploughing on **Dursey Island (Baoi Bheara)** comes in to din…
- 2012-01-31 — Riobárd Ó Dwyer Papers, NEHGS (Mss 1097) — "Stories from Beara"; received as an email from Riobárd Ó DwyerRiobárd Ó Dwyer's Beara wit — 'An Irish Prayer' (from his Butte 'From Beara to Butte' visit), 'Dan and the Pope,' 'Every old stocking finds an old shoe'
Three pieces of Beara wit relayed by Riobárd Ó Dwyer (verbatim in notes.md per NEHGS rights): - **An Irish Prayer** — Ó Dwyer recounts that **while in Butte, …
- 2012-02-01 — Riobárd Ó Dwyer Papers, NEHGS (Mss 1097) — "Stories from Beara"; received as an email from Riobárd Ó DwyerRiobárd Ó Dwyer's Beara tales — 'The Carpenter's Coffin' and the blacksmith 'dentists' of Adrigole and Eyeries
Two humorous Beara folk-tales relayed by Riobárd Ó Dwyer (verbatim in notes.md per NEHGS rights): - **The Carpenter's Coffin** — Paddy the carpenter lies in a …
- 2016 — *Life in 1916 Ireland — Stories from statistics: Agriculture* (Central Statistics Office, Ireland, 2016)CSO Ireland 2016 retrospective — 'Life in 1916 Ireland: Agriculture' — statistical portrait of the homeland's farming economy in the year JJM was 33
NOTE on filename: this is **NOT a 1916 agricultural report**; it is a **2016 Central Statistics Office retrospective** about agriculture in 1916 Ireland, publis…
- 2022-09-06 — Dan Murphy's notebook from the Beara trip of September 2022Dan Murphy's Castletownbere library notes, Sept 2022: 'James Murphy + Mary O'Leary ... Patrick's mother + Father s/B in Eyeries in book'; 'Mary Sullivan Patrick's sister'
Three notebook pages from the father-and-son visit to Castletownbere in September 2022 (the librarian named is Dorothy Brophy). Page 6 holds the family lines, v…