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
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
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
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
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
