The Boston-Beara Society annual dinner and reunion takes place this year in the Florian Hall, 55 Hallet St., Dorchester, Massachusetts, on Sunday April 19th from 2 to 7p.m. Buffet dinner, door prizes, and dance music by the Andy Healy Band. Tickets $50. This is a mighty occasion. I spoke there twice and I will always have very happy memories of it. For tickets call:- Pat Dwyer 617-328-6690; Mary Sullivan-Kelly 781-322-5291; Mike Dwyer 781-326-1977. Committee:- Chairman, Mike Dwyer; Secretary, Mary Sullivan-Kelly; Treasurer, Pat Dwyer; Roger Egan, John Harrington, Kathy Sullivan and Brian McCarthy. www.bostonbearasociety.com Directions to Florian Hall:- >From the South Shore:- Take Southeast Expressway North to Exit 11, Granite Ave. Then ____ >From the North Shore:- Take Southeast Expressway South to exit 11B, Granite Ave. Then ___ at the bottom of the ramp, bear right. After the drawbridge, take first right (at lights). This is Hilltop Street. Go up hill and down. At bottom, the street becomes Hallet. Go straight. Florian Hall is on your left. Park either beside the building or across the street. Enter through the front of the building on the right-hand side. Now for the Boston-Beara Society fabulous trip to Montana, August 2nd -August 10th 2009. This is an opportunity to reconnect with those of Beara heritage living in Butte, Montana, and to learn of the history of the Irish miners from West Cork who came in their thousands to extract copper ore from the harsh and unforgiving Northern Rockies. The trip will include the following highlights:- 1) Accomodation in the famous and historic Red Lion/War Bonnet Inn. 2) Visit to the Butte Archives where copious records recount the lives of the Irish community. 3) Visit to the Granite Mountain Mining disaster and the Berkeley Pit. 4) Visit to the Mining Museum. 5) Visit to St. Patrick's and Holy Cross Cemeteries where the remains of those killed in mining accidents, illnesses relating to mining, and those swept away by the Spanish 'flu of 1918 are buried. 6) Walking tours of Historic Uptown Butte, the largest historic site in the west. 7) Talks by the last surviving underground miners of life on "The Richest Hill on Earth". 8) Day trip to Helena, Marysville, and Canyon Ferry. 9) Trip to Missoula including a visit to the University of Montana where the Irish Studies program is located, and to the Bitterroot Valley, site of the original Jesuit mission to Montana, and location of the Daly Mansion. 10) Weekend of August 7-9 at An Ri Ra, a family-oriented Irish Festival in Butte, culminating in outdoot Mass in Irish. 11) Final dinner and dance at the Finlen Hotel prior to departure on Monday August 10th. Cost, including airfare, hotel, and coach = $1300 per person. Meals not included. Tour will be limited to the first forty registrations. For the registration form, the name/names, address, telephone no., email address. Deposit of $350 per person required by March 1st 2009. No credit cards. Balance due by June 1st 2009. Please make checks payable to:- Boston Beara Society, and mail with form to:- Maureen Dwyer-Bennett, 114 Braeside Road, Falmouth, Ma. 02540, U.S.A.

Does anyone have an email for Mike Dwyer or anyone on the committee? I have moved & changed my snail mail address. I need to update my address with Boston Beara Society. Prefer email to snail mail. Sally O'Sullivan Bair Mushing USA Board of Directors, 8554 Gateway Circle Monticello, MN 55362 USA Tel: 763 295 5465 Email: sbair@tds.net On Feb 2, 2009, at 10:51 AM, Riobard O'Dwyer wrote: > The Boston-Beara Society annual dinner and reunion > takes place this year in the Florian Hall, 55 Hallet St., > Dorchester, Massachusetts, on Sunday April 19th from 2 to 7p.m. > Buffet dinner, door prizes, and dance music by the Andy Healy Band. > Tickets $50. This is a mighty occasion. I spoke there twice and I > will always have very happy memories of it. > For tickets call:- > Pat Dwyer 617-328-6690; > Mary Sullivan-Kelly 781-322-5291; > Mike Dwyer 781-326-1977. > > Committee:- Chairman, Mike Dwyer; Secretary, Mary Sullivan-Kelly; > Treasurer, Pat Dwyer; Roger Egan, John Harrington, Kathy Sullivan > and Brian McCarthy. > > www.bostonbearasociety.com > > Directions to Florian Hall:- >> From the South Shore:- Take Southeast Expressway North to Exit 11, >> Granite Ave. Then ____ >> From the North Shore:- Take Southeast Expressway South to exit >> 11B, Granite Ave. Then ___ > at the bottom of the ramp, bear right. After the drawbridge, take > first right (at lights). This is Hilltop Street. Go up hill and > down. At bottom, the street becomes Hallet. Go straight. Florian > Hall is on your left. Park either beside the building or across > the street. Enter through the front of the building on the right- > hand side. > > Now for the Boston-Beara Society fabulous trip to Montana, August > 2nd -August 10th 2009. This is an opportunity to reconnect with > those of Beara heritage living in Butte, Montana, and to learn of > the history of the Irish miners from West Cork who came in their > thousands to extract copper ore from the harsh and unforgiving > Northern Rockies. The trip will include the following highlights:- > 1) Accomodation in the famous and historic Red Lion/War Bonnet Inn. > 2) Visit to the Butte Archives where copious records recount the > lives of the Irish community. > 3) Visit to the Granite Mountain Mining disaster and the Berkeley Pit. > 4) Visit to the Mining Museum. > 5) Visit to St. Patrick's and Holy Cross Cemeteries where the > remains of those killed in mining accidents, illnesses relating to > mining, and those swept away by the Spanish 'flu of 1918 are buried. > 6) Walking tours of Historic Uptown Butte, the largest historic > site in the west. > 7) Talks by the last surviving underground miners of life on "The > Richest Hill on Earth". > 8) Day trip to Helena, Marysville, and Canyon Ferry. > 9) Trip to Missoula including a visit to the University of Montana > where the Irish Studies program is located, and to the Bitterroot > Valley, site of the original Jesuit mission to Montana, and > location of the Daly Mansion. > 10) Weekend of August 7-9 at An Ri Ra, a family-oriented Irish > Festival in Butte, culminating in outdoot Mass in Irish. > 11) Final dinner and dance at the Finlen Hotel prior to departure > on Monday August 10th. > > Cost, including airfare, hotel, and coach = $1300 per person. > Meals not included. > Tour will be limited to the first forty registrations. > For the registration form, the name/names, address, telephone no., > email address. > Deposit of $350 per person required by March 1st 2009. No credit > cards. Balance due by June 1st 2009. Please make checks payable to:- > Boston Beara Society, and mail with form to:- > Maureen Dwyer-Bennett, > 114 Braeside Road, > Falmouth, > Ma. 02540, > U.S.A. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Mikedwyerinc@comcast.net ---- Riobard. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sally Bair" <sbair@tds.net> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 4:44 PM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Boston-Beara Society annual dinner, and trip to Montana. > Does anyone have an email for Mike Dwyer or anyone on the committee? > I have moved & changed my snail mail address. I need to update my > address with Boston Beara Society. Prefer email to snail mail. > > > Sally O'Sullivan Bair > Mushing USA Board of Directors, > 8554 Gateway Circle > Monticello, MN 55362 USA > Tel: 763 295 5465 > Email: sbair@tds.net > > > > > On Feb 2, 2009, at 10:51 AM, Riobard O'Dwyer wrote: > >> The Boston-Beara Society annual dinner and reunion >> takes place this year in the Florian Hall, 55 Hallet St., >> Dorchester, Massachusetts, on Sunday April 19th from 2 to 7p.m. >> Buffet dinner, door prizes, and dance music by the Andy Healy Band. >> Tickets $50. This is a mighty occasion. I spoke there twice and I >> will always have very happy memories of it. >> For tickets call:- >> Pat Dwyer 617-328-6690; >> Mary Sullivan-Kelly 781-322-5291; >> Mike Dwyer 781-326-1977. >> >> Committee:- Chairman, Mike Dwyer; Secretary, Mary Sullivan-Kelly; >> Treasurer, Pat Dwyer; Roger Egan, John Harrington, Kathy Sullivan >> and Brian McCarthy. >> >> www.bostonbearasociety.com >> >> Directions to Florian Hall:- >>> From the South Shore:- Take Southeast Expressway North to Exit 11, >>> Granite Ave. Then ____ >>> From the North Shore:- Take Southeast Expressway South to exit >>> 11B, Granite Ave. Then ___ >> at the bottom of the ramp, bear right. After the drawbridge, take >> first right (at lights). This is Hilltop Street. Go up hill and >> down. At bottom, the street becomes Hallet. Go straight. Florian >> Hall is on your left. Park either beside the building or across >> the street. Enter through the front of the building on the right- >> hand side. >> >> Now for the Boston-Beara Society fabulous trip to Montana, August >> 2nd -August 10th 2009. This is an opportunity to reconnect with >> those of Beara heritage living in Butte, Montana, and to learn of >> the history of the Irish miners from West Cork who came in their >> thousands to extract copper ore from the harsh and unforgiving >> Northern Rockies. The trip will include the following highlights:- >> 1) Accomodation in the famous and historic Red Lion/War Bonnet Inn. >> 2) Visit to the Butte Archives where copious records recount the >> lives of the Irish community. >> 3) Visit to the Granite Mountain Mining disaster and the Berkeley Pit. >> 4) Visit to the Mining Museum. >> 5) Visit to St. Patrick's and Holy Cross Cemeteries where the >> remains of those killed in mining accidents, illnesses relating to >> mining, and those swept away by the Spanish 'flu of 1918 are buried. >> 6) Walking tours of Historic Uptown Butte, the largest historic >> site in the west. >> 7) Talks by the last surviving underground miners of life on "The >> Richest Hill on Earth". >> 8) Day trip to Helena, Marysville, and Canyon Ferry. >> 9) Trip to Missoula including a visit to the University of Montana >> where the Irish Studies program is located, and to the Bitterroot >> Valley, site of the original Jesuit mission to Montana, and >> location of the Daly Mansion. >> 10) Weekend of August 7-9 at An Ri Ra, a family-oriented Irish >> Festival in Butte, culminating in outdoot Mass in Irish. >> 11) Final dinner and dance at the Finlen Hotel prior to departure >> on Monday August 10th. >> >> Cost, including airfare, hotel, and coach = $1300 per person. >> Meals not included. >> Tour will be limited to the first forty registrations. >> For the registration form, the name/names, address, telephone no., >> email address. >> Deposit of $350 per person required by March 1st 2009. No credit >> cards. Balance due by June 1st 2009. Please make checks payable to:- >> Boston Beara Society, and mail with form to:- >> Maureen Dwyer-Bennett, >> 114 Braeside Road, >> Falmouth, >> Ma. 02540, >> U.S.A. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Riobard, What a great trip to get the Beara, Boston and Butte Irish together! I look forward to seeing you and all the others out here. You will love Butte. Dianna Porter> From: beararesearchodwyer@eircom.net> To: Beara-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 16:51:40 +0000> Subject: [BEARA] Boston-Beara Society annual dinner, and trip to Montana.> > The Boston-Beara Society annual dinner and reunion takes place this year in the Florian Hall, 55 Hallet St., Dorchester, Massachusetts, on Sunday April 19th from 2 to 7p.m. Buffet dinner, door prizes, and dance music by the Andy Healy Band. Tickets $50. This is a mighty occasion. I spoke there twice and I will always have very happy memories of it.> For tickets call:-> Pat Dwyer 617-328-6690;> Mary Sullivan-Kelly 781-322-5291;> Mike Dwyer 781-326-1977.> > Committee:- Chairman, Mike Dwyer; Secretary, Mary Sullivan-Kelly; Treasurer, Pat Dwyer; Roger Egan, John Harrington, Kathy Sullivan and Brian McCarthy.> > www.bostonbearasociety.com > > Directions to Florian Hall:- > >From the South Shore:- Take Southeast Expressway North to Exit 11, Granite Ave. Then ____> >From the North Shore:- Take Southeast Expressway South to exit 11B, Granite Ave. Then ___> at the bottom of the ramp, bear right. After the drawbridge, take first right (at lights). This is Hilltop Street. Go up hill and down. At bottom, the street becomes Hallet. Go straight. Florian Hall is on your left. Park either beside the building or across the street. Enter through the front of the building on the right-hand side.> > Now for the Boston-Beara Society fabulous trip to Montana, August 2nd -August 10th 2009. This is an opportunity to reconnect with those of Beara heritage living in Butte, Montana, and to learn of the history of the Irish miners from West Cork who came in their thousands to extract copper ore from the harsh and unforgiving Northern Rockies. The trip will include the following highlights:-> 1) Accomodation in the famous and historic Red Lion/War Bonnet Inn.> 2) Visit to the Butte Archives where copious records recount the lives of the Irish community.> 3) Visit to the Granite Mountain Mining disaster and the Berkeley Pit.> 4) Visit to the Mining Museum.> 5) Visit to St. Patrick's and Holy Cross Cemeteries where the remains of those killed in mining accidents, illnesses relating to mining, and those swept away by the Spanish 'flu of 1918 are buried.> 6) Walking tours of Historic Uptown Butte, the largest historic site in the west.> 7) Talks by the last surviving underground miners of life on "The Richest Hill on Earth".> 8) Day trip to Helena, Marysville, and Canyon Ferry.> 9) Trip to Missoula including a visit to the University of Montana where the Irish Studies program is located, and to the Bitterroot Valley, site of the original Jesuit mission to Montana, and location of the Daly Mansion.> 10) Weekend of August 7-9 at An Ri Ra, a family-oriented Irish Festival in Butte, culminating in outdoot Mass in Irish.> 11) Final dinner and dance at the Finlen Hotel prior to departure on Monday August 10th.> > Cost, including airfare, hotel, and coach = $1300 per person. > Meals not included.> Tour will be limited to the first forty registrations.> For the registration form, the name/names, address, telephone no., email address.> Deposit of $350 per person required by March 1st 2009. No credit cards. Balance due by June 1st 2009. Please make checks payable to:-> Boston Beara Society, and mail with form to:-> Maureen Dwyer-Bennett,> 114 Braeside Road,> Falmouth,> Ma. 02540,> U.S.A.> > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_explore_022009

I noticed that the itinerary for the trip to Butte includes a visit to the to the site of the Granite Mountain mine disaster. Prior to visiting the memorial I would recommend Fire and Brimstone – The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917 by Michael Punke. It is an easy read and gives an interesting portrayal of life in Butte and Montana around the time of Worlds War I. It makes the visit to the memorial much more meaningful. It is also a "must read" for anyone with Butte roots. In 1917 Butte may not have been as welcoming as it is today. For example, a few weeks after the disaster, Frank Little, executive chairman of the Industrial Workers of the World arrived in Butte in support of a strike. Late one night a group of nice men rousted Frank from his room in a boarding house, tied him to the rear bumper of a car and dragged him until his kneecaps were scraped off. He survived being dragged behind the car but did not survive the subsequent hanging from a railroad trestle.

Just a quick note from "Butte", for those of you planning to visit Butte, and the Granite Mountain Memorial, I would also recommend that you plan to see the "Miners' Memorial Wall" at the World Museum of Mining, which lies just behind Montana Tech. The wall includes names of all the tradesmen who worked in the various mines and associated facilities (Concentrator, Smelters, Railroads, etc.) and died as a result of an injury due to their work. It is almost complete, and should be entirely complete. I know you will enjoy it! Linda A. > From: homharr@mcn.net > Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:08:37 -0700 > To: beara@rootsweb.com > Subject: [BEARA] Trip to Montana & Granite Mountain Mining disaster > > I noticed that the itinerary for the trip to Butte includes a visit to > the to the site of the Granite Mountain mine disaster. Prior to > visiting the memorial I would recommend Fire and Brimstone – The North > Butte Mining Disaster of 1917 by Michael Punke. It is an easy read and > gives an interesting portrayal of life in Butte and Montana around the > time of Worlds War I. It makes the visit to the memorial much more > meaningful. It is also a "must read" for anyone with Butte roots. > > In 1917 Butte may not have been as welcoming as it is today. For > example, a few weeks after the disaster, Frank Little, executive > chairman of the Industrial Workers of the World arrived in Butte in > support of a strike. Late one night a group of nice men rousted Frank > from his room in a boarding house, tied him to the rear bumper of a car > and dragged him until his kneecaps were scraped off. He survived being > dragged behind the car but did not survive the subsequent hanging from > a railroad trestle. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_AE_Faster_022009

Hom I agree the book is very itneresting and it is easy to identify with the poeople involved even though we have no real frame of reference. ~~C Sullivan --- On Tue, 2/10/09, Hom Harrington <homharr@mcn.net> wrote: From: Hom Harrington <homharr@mcn.net> Subject: [BEARA] Trip to Montana & Granite Mountain Mining disaster To: beara@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 1:08 PM I noticed that the itinerary for the trip to Butte includes a visit to the to the site of the Granite Mountain mine disaster. Prior to visiting the memorial I would recommend Fire and Brimstone – The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917 by Michael Punke. It is an easy read and gives an interesting portrayal of life in Butte and Montana around the time of Worlds War I. It makes the visit to the memorial much more meaningful. It is also a "must read" for anyone with Butte roots. In 1917 Butte may not have been as welcoming as it is today. For example, a few weeks after the disaster, Frank Little, executive chairman of the Industrial Workers of the World arrived in Butte in support of a strike. Late one night a group of nice men rousted Frank from his room in a boarding house, tied him to the rear bumper of a car and dragged him until his kneecaps were scraped off. He survived being dragged behind the car but did not survive the subsequent hanging from a railroad trestle. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message