ATTENTION! Irish-Americans

The Butte Miner, Butte, 1916-04-29, p.5

Summary

Display-ad / signed-call for a mass meeting at Hibernia Hall Butte on Sunday April 30 1916 at 2 p.m. to form a Butte branch of the Friends of Irish Freedom (FOIF). "Every man of Irish blood who believes that Ireland ought of right to be a free and independent republic and is willing to work to that end is urgently requested to attend." CRITICAL TIMING. The Easter Rising in Dublin began on 24 April 1916 and the GPO surrendered on 29 April 1916 — the SAME DAY this Butte call ran. The Butte FOIF branch was effectively a direct response to the Rising. The FOIF was a national American organisation founded in March 1916 (by John Devoy and Daniel F. Cohalan at the Irish Race Convention in New York). The Butte branch's formation places it among the earliest American responses to the Rising. SIGNATORIES (52 named — a comprehensive snapshot of Butte's Irish-American leadership in April 1916): J. J. Lynch (Judge); John J. O'Meara; Rev. M. J. Hannan; James J. McCarthy; John J. Crowley; M. J. English; **John C. Murphy** (recurring AOH figure — Division 1 recording secretary in Jan 1913); John H. O'Meara; T. J. McCarthy (former county AOH president); Rev. Michael M. English; M. J. Walsh; Larry Duggan (1914 AOH parade-planning chairman); Rev. Michael McCormack (= "Father McCormick" of the 1914 county-chaplain piece); John P. O'Neill; T. J. Walker; John B. McClernan; Rev. J. J. Collopy; W. J. Sewell; M. M. Sullivan; P. H. McCarthy; T. J. B. Shanley (1922 banquet attendee, born Burlington Vt); **James J. Murphy** (= person_james_murphy_son_of_pat_and_ellen); J. B. Mulcahy; J. K. O'Rourke; John Gribben; Maurice P. Drohan; Dan Lynch; Daniel Leahy; Hugh Daly; W. H. Maloney; James Cummins (1914 musical/literary committee); Charles P. Nevin; Dan J. O'Neill; **Con Murphy** (= same Con J. Murphy as the 1910 AOH guard, initialed as one of Tady-tree candidates earlier in the archive); James J. Connolly; M. J. Conway; Barry O'Leary; Dan H. Crowley; John J. Foley; W. E. Deeney (1922 banquet — County Donegal Ireland); T. J. O'Leary; James J. O'Connell; P. M. English; B. J. Keenan (1922 banquet — Malone NY); Tim Harrington; Dan D. Crowley; Jerry J. Shea; Tim D. McCarthy; Tim Crowley; Thomas P. Ryan; Patrick Craig; M. F. Sullivan. Anchor for the Butte FOIF / post-Rising thread.

People

James Joseph "James J." Murphy (b. 1883 Ardgroom; d. 1938 LA)(as printed: James J. Murphy)
role: signatory to foif call · family confidence: 10 flag

Also mentioned

J. J. Lynch · signatory_to_foif_call
Recurring Judge J. J. Lynch — same as the 1913 Hibernian Division 1 president.
John J. O'Meara · signatory_to_foif_call
Rev. M. J. Hannan · signatory_to_foif_call
James J. McCarthy · signatory_to_foif_call
John J. Crowley · signatory_to_foif_call
M. J. English · signatory_to_foif_call
John C. Murphy · signatory_to_foif_call
Same John C. Murphy as the 1913 AOH installation Division 1 recording secretary.
John H. O'Meara · signatory_to_foif_call
T. J. McCarthy · signatory_to_foif_call
Same T. J. McCarthy as the 1910 AOH county president and 1922 banquet (Cork Ireland).
Rev. Michael M. English · signatory_to_foif_call
M. J. Walsh · signatory_to_foif_call
Larry Duggan · signatory_to_foif_call
Recurring — 1914 AOH parade-planning chairman.
Rev. Michael McCormack · signatory_to_foif_call
Father McCormick of the 1914 county-chaplain assignment.
John P. O'Neill · signatory_to_foif_call
T. J. Walker · signatory_to_foif_call
Same attorney T. J. Walker whose 1916 St. Patrick's-Day Irish-American speech is in the inbox.
John B. McClernan · signatory_to_foif_call
Same surname as Judge McClernan (the 1909 probate judge).
Rev. J. J. Collopy · signatory_to_foif_call
W. J. Sewell · signatory_to_foif_call
Same Walter J. Sewell of the 1922 banquet (Frederickton NB / 'Celestial City').
M. M. Sullivan · signatory_to_foif_call
P. H. McCarthy · signatory_to_foif_call
T. J. B. Shanley · signatory_to_foif_call
Recurring — 1922 banquet attendee, born Burlington Vt.
J. B. Mulcahy · signatory_to_foif_call
Same J. B. Mulcahy as the 1910 AOH meeting speaker.
J. K. O'Rourke · signatory_to_foif_call
Recurring — 1914 AOH parade tickets and church committees.
John Gribben · signatory_to_foif_call
Maurice P. Drohan · signatory_to_foif_call
Dan Lynch · signatory_to_foif_call
Daniel Leahy · signatory_to_foif_call
Hugh Daly · signatory_to_foif_call
W. H. Maloney · signatory_to_foif_call
James Cummins · signatory_to_foif_call
Recurring — 1914 musical/literary committee.
Charles P. Nevin · signatory_to_foif_call
Same Charles P. Nevin of the 1922 banquet (Virginia City Nev).
Dan J. O'Neill · signatory_to_foif_call
Con Murphy · signatory_to_foif_call
Same Con J. Murphy as the 1910 AOH guard; tagged as a Cornelius (Tady-tree candidate) in earlier metadata.
James J. Connolly · signatory_to_foif_call
Distinct from the executed Easter Rising leader James Connolly (no relation).
M. J. Conway · signatory_to_foif_call
Barry O'Leary · signatory_to_foif_call
Dan H. Crowley · signatory_to_foif_call
John J. Foley · signatory_to_foif_call
W. E. Deeney · signatory_to_foif_call
Recurring — 1922 banquet (County Donegal Ireland).
T. J. O'Leary · signatory_to_foif_call
James J. O'Connell · signatory_to_foif_call
P. M. English · signatory_to_foif_call
B. J. Keenan · signatory_to_foif_call
Recurring — 1922 banquet (Dr. B. J. Keenan, Malone NY).
Tim Harrington · signatory_to_foif_call
Dan D. Crowley · signatory_to_foif_call
Jerry J. Shea · signatory_to_foif_call
Tim D. McCarthy · signatory_to_foif_call
Tim Crowley · signatory_to_foif_call
Thomas P. Ryan · signatory_to_foif_call
Patrick Craig · signatory_to_foif_call
M. F. Sullivan · signatory_to_foif_call

Places

Butte, Montana (primary)
Centerville (district of Butte) (secondary)
Ireland (subject)

Themes

Story threads

Source type

advertisement, public_meeting_report

Related sources

Transcription

transcription: complete · confidence high

# ATTENTION! Irish-Americans *The Butte Miner, Saturday, April 29, 1916, p. 5.* A mass meeting will be held in Hibernia hall on Sunday, April 30, at 2 p. m., for the purpose of forming a branch of the Friends of Irish Freedom. Every man of Irish blood who believes that Ireland ought of right to be a free and independent republic and is willing to work to that end is urgently requested to attend. J. J. Lynch, John J. O'Meara, Rev. M. J. Hannan, James J. McCarthy, John J. Crowley, M. J. English, John C. Murphy, John H. O'Meara, T. J. McCarthy, Rev. Michael M. English, M. J. Walsh, Larry Duggan, Rev. Michael McCormack, John P. O'Neill, T. J. Walker, John B. McClernan, Rev. J. J. Collopy, W. J. Sewell, M. M. Sullivan, P. H. McCarthy, T. J. B. Shanley, James J. Murphy, J. B. Mulcahy, J. K. O'Rourke, John Gribben, Maurice P. Drohan, Dan Lynch, Daniel Leahy, Hugh Daly, W. H. Maloney, James Cummins, Charles P. Nevin, Dan J. O'Neill, Con Murphy, James J. Connolly, M. J. Conway, Barry O'Leary, Dan H. Crowley, John J. Foley, W. E. Deeney, T. J. O'Leary, James J. O'Connell, P. M. English, B. J. Keenan, Tim Harrington, Dan D. Crowley, Jerry J. Shea, Tim D. McCarthy, Tim Crowley, Thomas P. Ryan, Patrick Craig, M. F. Sullivan.