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Speaker series and Workshops
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This year’s Speaker Series will feature a panel of Irish from the Beara Peninsula who are representatives of the Allihies Copper Mine Museum, as well as local Butte citizens who are of Beara descent. Listen to the panel of speakers as they discuss the bond between Beara and Butte!
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Location: Butte Brewing Company
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Date: Saturday, August 9th
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Delegates from the Allihies Copper Mines Museum are presenting a genealogy workshop featuring the ties of the Beara Peninsula and Butte! More Irish immigrants came from this section of Ireland than anywhere else! Come learn more about this magnificent bond and receive help tracing your Beara ancestry!
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Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives
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Date: Friday, August 8th
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Mary Sheehy Moe, a former schoolteacher and member of the of the Montana State Senate, will be presenting on the “Magic of Butte”. Drawing on her father’s writings, her brother’s, and her own, Mary will bring to life the Butte of the early 20th century and the Butte she knew as a constant visitor in the latter half of that century. “Butte,” her father always reminded her, “is a magical island, surrounded on all sides by REALITY.” Come listen to stories and poems only the Irish can tell and warm yourself in the love and fascination that one Irish family had — and still has — for the Richest Hill on Earth.
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Location: Butte Brewing Company
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Date: Saturday, August 9th