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LISTEN HERE “The recognition of the Irish Republic is in line with the traditional policy of the United States ….and our government has already recognized the governments of fourteen South American republics…recognition is not a hostile act”. 1921 Quote from James E. Murray, Montana Chairperson and State President ofthe Montana Branch of the American Association… Read more: The Harp Without The Crown – American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic

LISTEN HERE “Attention Irish Americans: A mass meeting will be held in Hibernia Hall on Sunday April 30 at 2 P.M. for purposes of forming a branch of the Friends of Irish Freedom, any man of Irish blood who believes that Ireland ought (to) be a free and independent Republic and is willing to work… Read more: The Harp Without the Crown – Friends of Irish Freedom

LISTEN HERE ” We do not care if a majority of the people are Protestant or Catholic….they should be free to choose their own form of government.” Quotation from(Robert) Lindsay Crawford in an address to a sold out Butte audience at the Broadway Theater. Hello this is John Conlan and welcome to this episode of… Read more: The Harp Without the Crown – Lindsay Crawford

LISTEN HERE “IRISHMEN AND IRISHWOMEN: In the name of God and the dead generations from which she receives her old tradition of nationhood, Ireland, through us, summons her children to her flag and strikes for her freedom.” Quote taken from the first paragraph of The Proclamation of The Provisional Government of the Irish Republic to… Read more: The Harp Without the Crown – The Easter Rising

LISTEN HERE “St. Patrick’s Day isn’t what it used to be …the outbursts of eloquence and appeals to Irish patriotism become fewer each year.” Quotation from the Daily Missoulian editorial March 17, 1923. Although that might have been the case in Missoula, Butte was preparing for a grand celebration of St. Patrick’s Day in 1923.… Read more: The Harp Without the Crown – The Heart of Paddy Whack

LISTEN HERE The Irish World, was a widely read newspaper published and edited in New York by Irish American Patrick Ford. The newspaper reported about social and political events in Ireland for people living outside of that country, and noted that John J. O’Kelly’s “history of Ireland is regarded as the most comprehensive and reliable… Read more: The Harp Without the Crown – John J. O’Kelly

LISTEN HERE “I’ve been told that Butte is the most cordial city in the Northwest, but I believe that is a paltry description….I should say that it extends as warm a welcome to a stranger within its gates as any other city in the United States. Quote taken from Liam Mellows on his arrival in… Read more: The Harp Without the Crown – Liam Mellows

LISTEN HERE “I think it is the most wonderful country one could ever see.” Quotation from Linda Kearns, Irish social activist, politician, and Irish Rebublican Army Nurse during the 1916 Dublin Easter Rising, upon her arrival in Butte February 17, 1923. Hello this is John Conlan, host of The Rocky Road to Dublin here on… Read more: The Harp Without the Crown – Linda Kearns

LISTEN HERE “One might well fancy that he had left the world altogether in coming from Boston to Butte and to have dropped off into a wonderful new planet….I can only express my delight at what I find here in Butte.” Quotation from John Boyle O’Reilly on March 13,1890. Hello this is John Conlan, host… Read more: The Harp Without the Crown – John Boyle O’Reilly

LISTEN HERE “Don’t sympathize with me over the loss of my sons…congratulate me… I am the proudest woman in Ireland… It is a grand thing to know that I have had the privilege of being the mother of two young men who died battling for our dear old land.” Quotation from Margaret Pearse at an… Read more: The Harp Without the Crown – Margaret Pearse