Famine to emigration
52 sources.
The arc from pre-Famine West Cork conditions, through the Great Famine and post-Famine years, to the wave of emigration that brought the family line to North America. Both Irish-side and emigration-leg sources belong here.
- 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' …
- 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…
- 1882-01-13 — The Evening Mail, p.1IRELAND'S HEROINE.
The Stockton California Evening Mail's front-page account of the Reynolds case, with sub-headlines "PRETTY MISS REYNOLDS, THE LADY LAND LEAGUER" and "Her Influe…
- 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**.…
- 1883-04-28 — 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…
- 1884-10-18 — The Butte Weekly Miner, p.1Complimentary Benefit.
A published correspondence: a long testimonial letter from named citizens of Butte to John Kelly — a musician about to leave the city for the East — asking him …
- 1885-04-09 — Jamestown Weekly Alert, p.1
Stub record — front-page Jamestown Weekly Alert item about a **Kelleher** described as a quarrelsome Jamestown city councilmember (Thu 9 Apr 1885). Surname Kell…
- 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…
- 1886-01-14 — Jamestown Weekly Alert, p.5
A brief, credited to the Bismarck Tribune, reporting that east-bound trains carried miners leaving Butte "with barely enough money to return to their friends in…
- 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, Funeral Guards and Pinotti Miners Witnessed by Crowds — The Ball at Miners' Union Hall a Wonderful 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 Butte Funeral Guards…
- 1889-11-24 — The Anaconda Standard, p.4THE MINE ON FIRE. / Flames Break Out in the 800-Foot Level of the St. Lawrence. / FOUR MINERS MISSING. / Brave Men Lose Their Lives While Trying to Rescue Their Comrades. / SCENES AT THE ANACONDA. / Smoke From the Fire in the St. Lawrence Finds Its Way Into the Adjoining Mine With Terrible Results — The Flames Under Control.
Coverage of a fire at the St. Lawrence mine in Butte on 23 November 1889 in which smoke spread to the adjoining Anaconda mine and killed at least four miners. A…
- 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…
- 1892-09-14 — The Anaconda Standard, p.5
Court note from the Anaconda Standard reporting the divorce of Dennis J. Murphy from his wife Ellen. Murphy testified he was 31 years old, married Ellen in Cork…
- 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…
- 1908-01-07 — The Butte Daily Post, p.6JOHN BARLEYCORN IS VERY BUSY MAN
Butte Daily Post (evening paper) account of the Jan 7 hearing — published the SAME EVENING of the hearing, with significantly more biographical detail than the …
- 1908-01-08 — The Anaconda Standard, p.9TWO MENTAL UNFORTUNATES
Anaconda Standard's longer companion to the Butte Miner Jan 8 "PAT MURPHY FOUND TO BE SICK AND NOT INSANE." Both papers carried the same Jan 7 hearing the next …
- 1908-01-08 — The Butte Miner, p.12PAT MURPHY FOUND TO BE SICK AND NOT INSANE
The FIRST insanity hearing for Pat Murphy — the one the Mar 24 Anaconda Standard later refers to as "examined on a charge of insanity once before, but was not f…
- 1908-03-23 — The Daily Inter Mountain, p.10PATRICK J. MURPHY IS FOUND INSANE
Single short news item. Patrick J. Murphy, aged 52, a native of County Cork, Ireland, residing at 120 West Quartz street, was found insane by Drs. Horst and Tur…
- 1908-03-24 — The Anaconda Standard, p.9IS SENT TO THE ASYLUM
Anaconda Standard's follow-up to the Inter Mountain Mar 23 piece. Patrick J. Murphy, formerly a well-known bartender in Butte, for several years an almost helpl…
- 1908-03-24 — The Butte Miner, p.6PATRICK J. MURPHY IS SENT TO STATE ASYLUM
Butte Miner's coverage of the Mar 23 commitment — third paper to carry the story (with the Inter Mountain same-day and the Anaconda Standard same-day-next-day).…
- 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…
- 1911-09-09 — The Butte Daily Post, p.2ST. LAWRENCE'S.
Society-column entry under the "St. Lawrence's" parish heading (Centerville's Catholic church). Flurry Sullivan, "a well-known and popular young man of this ci…
- 1912-04-24 — The Butte Miner, p.6PATRICK MURPHY DEAD.
Death notice. Patrick Murphy, a native of Ireland, 53 years of age, died last night (Tuesday 23 April 1912) at the family residence, 3 West Agate street, Butte.…
- 1914-03-02 — The Anaconda Standard, p.7IRISH TO MARCH ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY
Long planning-stage article (early March 1914) for the 1914 Butte St. Patrick's Day parade. Sub-heads: "ALL-DAY OBSERVANCE OF IRELAND'S NATIONAL HOLIDAY / BUTTE…
- 1915-03-18 — The Butte Miner, p.1SCENES INCIDENT TO BUTTE'S GREAT CELEBRATION OF ST. PATRICK'S DAY / Irish, German and Austrian Societies Unite in Tribute to St. Patrick's Memory
Banner front-page coverage of Butte's 1915 St. Patrick's Day parade and observance — the previous day, Wednesday March 17. Two large parade photographs: top pho…
- 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…
- 1916-04-29 — The Butte Miner, p.5ATTENTION! Irish-Americans
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 (FOI…
- 1916-10-19 — The Butte Miner, p.5DENNIS J. MURPHY DIES AT HOME IN THIS CITY
Dennis J. Murphy, 920 North Henry street, died early Wednesday morning 18 October 1916. Age 51 (born ~1865). Resident of Butte 30 years (came c. 1886). Born in …
- 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 on a public meeting held the previous evening in Butte at which the local committee for …
- 1917-03-02 — The Butte Miner, p.8MRS. JOHANNA MURPHY IS VICTIM OF AN OPERATION
Obituary for Mrs. Johanna Murphy, wife of the late Dennis J. Murphy (whose 1916-10-19 Butte Miner obit is also in this archive). Born in Michigan 43 years ago (…
- 1918-12-10 — The Anaconda Standard, p.7ONLY ONE SURVIVES IN PARTY OF SIX
Most consequential single clipping in this Stage 6 ingest for the Beara / Butte family arc. James M. McCarthy of the Centennial Brewing company in Butte receive…
- 1918-12-10 — The Butte Miner, p.5M'CARTHY'S NEPHEW IS DROWNED NEAR IRELAND
Companion to the Anaconda Standard's "ONLY ONE SURVIVES IN PARTY OF SIX" on the same day — same drowning, different paper, more compact report. James J. McCarth…
- 1919-03-14 — The Butte Miner, p.1MEN WHO HAVE CHARGE OF BUTTE'S ST. PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION
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 ce…
- 1920-01-24 — The Anaconda Standard, p.7IRISH ORGANIZE FOR BOND DRIVE — Hundred Thousand to Be Sold in Montana of Ten Millions Offered
Major Irish-republican-bond-drive organising meeting held the previous evening (Fri Jan 23 1920) in Judge Lynch's courtroom Butte. Part of a $10-million nationa…
- 1920-01-24 — The Labor Bulletin, p.4LOCAL IRISHMEN ORGANIZE FOR BOND DRIVE — Securities of Irish Republic Is to Be Sold During the Period From February 12 to March 17.
Labor Bulletin's coverage of the same Jan 23 1920 organising meeting reported in the Anaconda Standard same day — see crossref. Same Silver Bow county committee…
- 1920-03-04 — The Butte Miner, p.8BOND CAMPAIGN FOR THE IRISH REPUBLIC / Captains in All Parts of City Aid Movement; Satisfactory Sales.
Update on the Irish bond drive, six weeks into the campaign (drive opened Feb 12 1920, runs to St. Patrick's Day). This is the ANACONDA side of the drive — the …
- 1920-03-18 — The Anaconda Standard, p.1GREATEST OF ALL ST. PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATIONS AIDS CAUSE OF INDEPENDENCE FOR IRELAND
Banner front-page coverage with large photograph captioned "Great Throng at Courthouse Approving Resolutions on Independence of Ireland." Sub-deck: "Gigantic Pa…
- 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…
- 1922-02-24 — The Butte Miner, p.5ST. PATRICK'S DAY WILL BE OBSERVED — Silver Jubilee of St. Lawrence Church Falls on That Day. Bishop Carroll Here.
Three weeks before St. Patrick's Day 1922 — announcement of the combined St. Patrick's Day and silver jubilee of St. Lawrence Church (Butte's principal Centervi…
- 1922-03-12 — The Anaconda Standard, p.26OLD-TIME CELEBRATION OF ST. PATRICK'S DAY TO BE STAGED IN BUTTE / IRISH OF ANACONDA TO JOIN WITH BUTTE
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 …
- 1922-03-17 — The Anaconda Standard, p.8Those Who Attended.
Roll-call from a St. Patrick's Day banquet held in Butte (or reported in the Anaconda Standard's St. Patrick's Day issue) on 17 March 1922, attended by 96 guest…
- 1936-10-07 — The Los Angeles Times, p.42MURPHY—SCHUELLER
Daily marriage-license-intentions notice. "MURPHY—SCHUELLER. James J., 22, 4339 Victoria avenue; Marie A., 20, 1928 Raymond avenue." This is the marriage recor…
- 1940-11-09 — The Los Angeles Times, p.24Llewellyn-Murphy Bridal Solemnities Due Today
Society wedding announcement. Miss Agnes Terese Murphy, daughter of Mrs. James J. Murphy of Victoria Ave [Los Angeles], marries John Paul Ward Llewellyn (son of…
- 1954-05-29 — Valley Times, p.9Couples Exchange Vows In Valley Church Rites / Misses Schueller And Lanman Choose White Bridal Gowns
Society wedding of Jo Ann Schueller (daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Schueller of Sherman Oaks, LA) to John J. Cooke at St. Cyril's Catholic Church in Encino on 29…
- 1980-10-05 — The Montana Standard, p.2Daniel L. Murphy, 86
Obituary for Daniel L. Murphy, 86 (NOT 70 as the user's filename has — filing typo), formerly of 919 W. Mercury, a retired clothing salesman for Hennessy's Depa…
- 1992-05-29 — The Montana Standard, p.4Tracing Murphys back to Ireland
ARCHIVE-DEFINING CLIPPING. A "letter to the editor" published in the Montana Standard's "Our readers speak" section on 29 May 1992, submitted by Donald V. Murph…
- 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…
- 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, …