MEN WHO HAVE CHARGE OF BUTTE'S ST. PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION

The Butte Miner, Butte, 1919-03-14, p.1

Summary

Front-page photograph and announcement of the Butte committee arranging the 1919 St. Patrick's Day observance. Multi-portrait group photograph (5 men) at top centre of page 1, with body text describing the committee's work and the parade plans for Monday March 17 1919. The photo group caption (best read at the export resolution) identifies the committee members (the precise sequence is partially obscured): W. J. Sweeney; Edmund Fitzpatrick (county president of the AOH and grand marshal of the parade); Judge J. J. Lynch (chairman of the [Hibernians/Irish] committee); James J. Connell (or possibly James J. Murphy per the user's filing of this clipping — see open question); Rev. Father James O'Hara (president of Section No. 1, A.O.H.); P. F. Cregan and Harry Thompson also mentioned in the body. POLITICAL CONTEXT (1919): Wilson at Versailles; Sinn Féin had won the December 1918 UK general election with 73 of 105 Irish seats and on 21 January 1919 declared the First Dáil at Mansion House Dublin. Same day, the Soloheadbeg ambush inaugurated the Irish War of Independence. The Butte AOH / Hibernian / Irish-American organisational life was at a high point of pro-independence energy in March 1919. The 1919 St. Patrick's Day parade would be the most politically charged observance Butte had ever held. Article continues on page 2 (per "Continued on Page Two — Col. 1" at the foot of the photo block).

People

James Joseph "James J." Murphy (b. 1883 Ardgroom; d. 1938 LA)(as printed: [James J. Murphy — per user filing of this clipping; caption identification needs higher-res confirmation])
role: committee member per user filing · family confidence: 10 flag
The user's filename ("James J Murphy pictured planning St Pats day 1919") asserts that one of the five pictured men is JJM-Centerville-AOH. The caption I can resolve at the export resolution names W. J. Sweeney, Edmund Fitzpatrick, Judge J. J. Lynch, James J. Connell, and Father James O'Hara — "Connell" vs. "Murphy" could be a transcription ambiguity. Hold the JJM identification at user-filing confidence pending higher-res re-pull.

Also mentioned

W. J. Sweeney · committee_member
Pictured in the front-page group photograph.
Edmund Fitzpatrick · county_aoh_president_and_grand_marshal
AOH county president and grand marshal of the 1919 parade.
Judge J. J. Lynch · committee_chairman
Recurring Hibernian / AOH figure — same as the 1913 Division 1 president and 1935 Ellen Murphy pallbearer.
James J. Connell · committee_member_per_caption
Caption reading; user's filing suggests this position may actually be James J. Murphy. Resolution-limited.
Rev. Father James O'Hara · section_no_1_president
President of AOH Section No. 1.
P. F. Cregan · committee_member
Harry Thompson · committee_member
Possibly the same Harry Thompson as the 1935 Ellen Murphy honorary pallbearer.

Places

Butte, Montana (primary)

Themes

Story threads

Source type

news_item, public_meeting_report, list_of_officers

Related sources

Transcription

transcription: partial · confidence medium

# MEN WHO HAVE CHARGE OF BUTTE'S ST. PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION *The Butte Miner, Friday morning, March 14, 1919, p. 1. Front-page multi-portrait photograph with committee identification.* *Photo caption (best read at export resolution):* Reading left to right: W. J. Sweeney; Edmund Fitzpatrick, county president of the A. O. H. and grand marshal of the parade; **James J. Murphy** [or possibly James J. Connell — see notes]; Judge J. J. Lynch, chairman of the Hibernians [committee]; and Rev. Father James O'Hara, president section No. 1, A. O. H. P. F. Cregan and Harry Thompson also mentioned in the body of the article. *Body — partial:* With the completion of arrangements last night by the Irish committee, all the work for [the parade] is finished. There was a meeting at Joseph G's of office for the committee. All of the work was [previously?] done by Mr. Harvey, the late Republican county [chairman]. [Article continues on Page Two — Col. 1; continuation column not in this archive's ingestion.] --- *Transcription status: partial. The body of the article (approximately a column of small newsprint above the photograph and continuing on page 2) is not transcribed beyond what is recoverable at the export resolution. A higher-resolution scan is needed for full transcription and to settle the photo-caption identification of the third committee member.*

Open questions

Confirm at higher resolution whether the caption-named "James J. Connell" is actually "James J. Murphy" (per the user's filing of this clipping). Either reading would be plausible given the article context.
The continuation on page 2 — not in this archive's ingestion — would carry the committee's full programme of arrangements for the 1919 parade.