OLD-TIME CELEBRATION OF ST. PATRICK'S DAY TO BE STAGED IN BUTTE / IRISH OF ANACONDA TO JOIN WITH BUTTE

The Anaconda Standard, Anaconda, 1922-03-12, p.26

Summary

Major five-column Sunday feature, one week before St. Patrick's Day 1922 — the first observance after the establishment of the Irish Free State (Jan 1922). The article ties Butte's coming parade to the post-independence moment with an "old-time" framing. TOP-OF-PAGE portrait gallery of the Easter Rising / War of Independence martyrs identified by name beneath each portrait: PADRAIC H. PEARSE, JAMES CONNOLLY, PATRICK SARSFIELD (the 17th- century Williamite-war Jacobite general, included as a historical forerunner), SEAN MAC DERMOTT, THOMAS MACDONAGH, TERENCE MACSWINEY, and THOMAS ASHE (captioned "in the garb of the Irish piper"). All except Sarsfield were executed (Pearse, Connolly, MacDermott, MacDonagh — Easter 1916) or died (MacSwiney — 1920 hunger strike, Brixton; Ashe — 1917 forced-feeding death). This pantheon is a politically explicit statement of which Irish martyrs the 1922 Butte Irish-American community claimed. Lower-right portrait gallery: BUTTE / ANACONDA committee members MIKE McNALLY, JOHN D. MURPHY, BARNEY HOGAN (Financial Secretary of the Phil Sheridan Club, Anaconda), and THOMAS F. MURPHY (Chairman of the St. Patrick's Day Committee). Two different Murphys on the committee — John D. and Thomas F. — both pictured. PROGRAMME (Butte side): - Thursday night (March 16) — initial banquet - Friday March 17 — Solemn high mass at St. Mary's church, sermon by Father Hartshorn of Townsend - 8 p.m. Friday — banquet at the Silver Bow Club, principal address by Bishop Carroll, with the diocesan priests and guests in attendance - Parade — composition: Marshal of the day and his aids; Irish Volunteers of American wars; Sheriff Henderson (now of Anaconda); American Legion; Wounded soldiers of the World War; Sons of St. Patrick; Municipal band of Anaconda POLITICAL CONTEXT in body: this is the first Butte St. Patrick's Day since the establishment of the Irish Free State (Anglo-Irish Treaty signed 6 December 1921, Dáil ratified 7 January 1922). The Irish Civil War would begin three months later (June 1922). The Butte / Anaconda commemoration is held in this brief interregnum of pan-Irish unity. The user's filename ("James J Murphy celebrates St Patricks Day Parade 1922 after independence") suggests JJM-Centerville- AOH (= person_james_murphy_son_of_pat_and_ellen) is somewhere in the article body's committee or speaker list, even though the pictured Murphys are John D. and Thomas F. Worth a closer body-reading at higher resolution.

People

James Joseph "James J." Murphy (b. 1883 Ardgroom; d. 1938 LA)(as printed: [per user filename — body-reading at this resolution does not specifically isolate his name in the visible columns])
role: parade committee member per user filing · family confidence: 10 flag
User's filing places JJM in this 1922 St. Patrick's coverage. Body-text resolution prevents confirming. Held pending higher-res re-pull.

Also mentioned

Padraic H. Pearse · martyr_pictured
Patrick Pearse — leader of the Easter Rising 1916, executed 3 May 1916.
James Connolly · martyr_pictured
Founder of the Irish Citizen Army; one of the Easter Rising signatories; executed 12 May 1916.
Patrick Sarsfield · historical_forerunner_pictured
1st Earl of Lucan (c. 1660-1693); Jacobite cavalry commander in the Williamite War in Ireland; symbolic forerunner of the modern Irish-republican cause.
Sean Mac Dermott · martyr_pictured
Seán Mac Diarmada — Easter Rising signatory; executed 12 May 1916.
Thomas MacDonagh · martyr_pictured
Easter Rising signatory; executed 3 May 1916.
Terence MacSwiney · martyr_pictured
Lord Mayor of Cork; died after 74-day hunger strike at Brixton, 25 October 1920 — covered in the 1920-10-26 Butte Miner front-page banner elsewhere in this archive.
Thomas Ashe · martyr_pictured
Irish Volunteer; died of forced-feeding by British prison authorities, 25 September 1917.
Mike McNally · committee_member_pictured
Pictured in lower-right gallery.
John D. Murphy · committee_member_pictured
Pictured in lower-right gallery. New Murphy person — held under two-records rule pending more information.
Barney Hogan · financial_secretary_phil_sheridan_club_pictured
Financial Secretary, Phil Sheridan Club, Anaconda.
Thomas F. Murphy · st_patricks_day_committee_chairman_pictured
Chairman of the 1922 Butte St. Patrick's Day Committee. New Murphy person.
Father Hartshorn · morning_mass_sermon
Of Townsend, Mt. To preach the high-mass sermon at St. Mary's church Friday March 17.
Bishop Carroll · banquet_speaker
Bishop of the diocese of Helena, John Patrick Carroll (bishop 1904-1925).
Sheriff Henderson · parade_participant
Charles E. Henderson, now of Anaconda (had been Silver Bow County sheriff in 1915 per the Butte Miner of that date).
George A. Hammon · friendly_sons_initiate
To be initiated into the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick at Thursday evening's preliminary meeting.
James E. Murphy of Butte · programme_organiser
James M. McCarthy · committee_member
The same James M. McCarthy of Centennial Brewing whose 1918 Cork letter on the Kilcatherine drowning is recorded elsewhere in this archive.
Pres. Murray · anaconda_irish_society_president
Of one of the two Anaconda Irish societies (AOH or Phil Sheridan Club).
P. F. Marley · committee_member
Tom McConnell · committee_member
Mike McNally (second mention in body) · committee_member
Mary E. Brennan · attendee
Mary Cassidy · attendee
Mary Casey · attendee
Mrs. Crosby · attendee

Places

Butte, Montana (primary)
Anaconda, Montana (primary)
Ireland (subject)

Themes

Story threads

Source type

news_item, public_meeting_report

Related sources

Transcription

transcription: partial · confidence medium

# OLD-TIME CELEBRATION OF ST. PATRICK'S DAY TO BE STAGED IN BUTTE ## IRISH OF ANACONDA TO JOIN WITH BUTTE *The Anaconda Standard, Sunday, March 12, 1922, p. 26.* *Page-wide feature with two photograph galleries.* ### Photograph gallery (top, identified beneath each portrait) - **Padraic H. Pearse** — leader of the Easter Rising 1916; executed 3 May 1916 - **James Connolly** — founder of the Irish Citizen Army; Easter Rising signatory; executed 12 May 1916 - **Patrick Sarsfield** — 1st Earl of Lucan, Jacobite cavalry commander in the Williamite War (1690s); included as historical forerunner - **Sean Mac Dermott** (Seán Mac Diarmada) — Easter Rising signatory; executed 12 May 1916 - **Thomas MacDonagh** — Easter Rising signatory; executed 3 May 1916 - **Terence MacSwiney** — Lord Mayor of Cork; died after 74-day hunger strike at Brixton prison, 25 October 1920 - **Thomas Ashe** — Irish Volunteer; died of forced-feeding by British prison authorities, 25 September 1917; captioned "in the garb of the Irish piper" ### Photograph gallery (lower right, Butte/Anaconda committee) - **Mike McNally** - **John D. Murphy** - **Barney Hogan** — Financial Secretary, Phil Sheridan Club, Anaconda - **Thomas F. Murphy** — Chairman, St. Patrick's Day Committee ### ST. PATRICK'S DAY EVENTS IN BUTTE **Thursday Night.** Banquet privately given at the St. Patrick's hall at 7:30 — initial procession of "the bayonet"/"the story." Begin variant celebration at [...] **Friday, March 17.** - 7-1.30 a.m. — Solemn high mass at St. Mary's church, sermon by Father Hartshorn of Townsend. - 8 p.m. — Banquet at the Silver Bow Club; the address by Bishop Carroll; priests of the diocese and other guests. [Discussion of the 1922 programme — initial parade preparation; Friendly Sons of St. Patrick's pre-meeting Thursday evening at which George A. Hammon to be initiated. Father Hartshorn of Townsend to speak.] ### Sons of St. Patrick Observance of the day will begin Thursday evening with a meeting of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, a celebrated organisation [...]. ### Parade Procession The suggested formation of the parade column is as follows: - Marshal of the day and his aids - Irish Volunteers of American wars - Sheriff Henderson [now of Anaconda] - American Legion - Wounded soldiers of the World War - Sons of St. Patrick - Municipal band of Anaconda - Camera Joe Boys (auxiliary of the soldiers of Patrick) - Anaconda Catholic-American Association - Garfield Social club - The American-Anaconda Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic, headed by the Thomas Ashe Society - Irish societies - The Anaconda contingent ### NEXT FRIDAY [feature column, right] Next Friday is the day when the people of Irish blood the world over turn to the land of their birth in the days of St. Patrick. […] ### Religious Wars [Body — partial transcription. Reference to Padraic Pearse and the Easter Rising. The 1922 St. Patrick's Day is the first observance after the establishment of the Irish Free State (Anglo-Irish Treaty signed 6 December 1921, Dáil ratified 7 January 1922). The Irish Civil War would begin three months later (June 1922). This Butte/Anaconda commemoration is held in the brief interregnum of pan-Irish unity.] ### Auspicious Programme The arrangements outlined are the most numerous in years. Every effort is being made to both expression to make the great occasion […]. ### New Meeting St. Patrick's day, 1922, has a meaning for Irishmen and Irish-descendants that no event since [the Famine] has had to its Irish-American population. […] ### Claims Increasingly [Final column references — additional fundraising and recognition activities for the Irish Free State.] --- *Transcription status: partial. Body type is small in the export and substantial portions of the column are below the readable threshold. Names recovered above are best-read from the export; a higher-resolution scan from Newspapers.com is needed for full transcription.*

Open questions

Higher-res body reading needed to confirm JJM-Centerville-AOH presence on the 1922 St. Patrick's Day Committee (the pictured chairman is THOMAS F. Murphy, not James J., though JJM may appear elsewhere in the body).
John D. Murphy and Thomas F. Murphy of the 1922 committee — are they related to each other or to JJM-Centerville-AOH? Worth a separate person record for each, two-records rule.