Near Wells Street just south of East Center Street.
The Irish, like other nationalities, would play a part in the development of Butte and Silver Bow County. Their numbers would heavily increase in the 1880s to the point where the area was called the “Most Irish in the United States”. Centerville . . . — — Map (db m308698) HM
Near South Montana Street just south of Hobson Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Inspired by the American Revolution and the United Irishmen, the Irish of America established a nationwide organization, Clan na Gaedhal, to win for Ireland the freedom to take her place among the nations of the earth. Formed in 1881 in Butte, the . . . — — Map (db m308695) HM
On North Main Street just north of North B Street, on the right when traveling north.
Bishop Brondel created Butte's second Catholic parish, that of St. Lawrence O'Toole, in 1897. Constructed with $25,000 raised by miners' subscription on land donated by the Butte and Boston Mining Company, the Gothic Revival style church was . . . — — Map (db m308197) HM
On North Main Street at East Gagnon Street, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
Catholic church, which long represented the heart and soul of Butte’s Irish community. St. Mary’s Parish, founded in 1902 by Bishop John Brondel, encompassed a neighborhood of miners and tradesmen. Fire destroyed the original St. Mary’s Church on . . . — — Map (db m185015) HM
On West Mercury Street at South Washington Street, on the right when traveling west on West Mercury Street.
Butte’s early Catholic community built its first parish church, a temporary wooden structure, west of this site in 1879. Father John Dols, the first pastor, arrived in the spring of 1881. The following year the cornerstone for a new church was laid, . . . — — Map (db m185690) HM
