Exhibition tells the story of Beara miners in USA

Butte, Montana in the early 20th Century.

A NEW exhibition at UCC, “From Rocky Shores to the Rocky Mountains:  The Irish in Montana” will be officially launched next Tuesday.

The exhibition, which comes to Ireland from the Butte-Silver Bowe Archives and University of Montana, is a retrospective glimpse into the lives of the Irish in Montana from their initial arrival in the US until the present using materials from archival and oral collections.

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-This project is supported by the West Cork Development Partnership under the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 -