Saint Patrick's Cemetery is located of Silver Bow County as Butte being the county seat.
St. Patrick’s Cemetery is sacred ground, one of the oldest resting places for ancestors who built Butte, Montana. There are approximately 7,756 interments and it is still active.
One of the first interments was:
Alfred H. Hall; his birth is unknown and he passed away on August 10, 1872. He was only 8 months and 10 days of age.
There is an entrance gate off Montana Street with two brick pillars, one with the sign of the cemetery. The cemetery is nicely fenced in the front with large trees that grace the entrance. Though not as wooded as the other cemeteries in the area, tall trees do line the roadways throughout the cemetery. It is about 26 acres in size.
This is an another very interesting cemetery with many very old granite headstones, and several made of white marble. Saints Patrick's Cemetery is the resting place for many priests and nuns.
There is a
Mass Stone towards the back of the cemetery where most of the Irish descendants are at rest. Members of the Butte’s Ancient Order of Hibernians restored this portion of the cemetery and the stone was dedicated September 2015.
There is a small plaque in front of the
"Mass Rock" with two stones above one from Cork and the other from Armagh.
There is a dedication plaque in English and Irish. Transcribed as follows:
Mass Rock
With their faith proscribed, their churches closed, and their clergy
pursued by priest hunters, the Irish in the Penal Times gathered
around the Mass Rock to celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
and to affirm their loyalty to their faith and culture.
The Mass Rock stands as a perpetual reminder those dark days
and of the unyielding spirit of the Irish.
So stay awhile and say a prayer
for all those lying in the graveyard and for their descendants living
here in Butte, back home in Ireland and throughout the world.
For the Glory of God and the Honour of Ireland