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423 North Jackson, Butte, Montana or My Grandmother's House

The three of us, my sister Dianne, nephew Eamon and I, were standing on Jackson Street in front of what had once been my Grandmother Egan's house.

identity, placeNancy EganAugust 16, 2021Butte Montana, granparents, Irish immigrants, Robert Emmet Literary Association Comment

My Father and His Father's Grave

In the last year of my father's life he obsessed about his father's grave. His life had been upended in nearly every way, yet regularly he would call the office at St. Patrick's Cemetery in Butte, Montana to assure that his father's grave was being cared for.

identity, place, cultureNancy EganMarch 17, 2021Butte MT, Ventura CA, Robert Emmet Literary Association, Ireland, ancient Order of Hiberians, St. Patrick's Day, Robert Emmet, Irish Republic, Ivy Lawn, St. Patrick's CemeteryComment