"Reverend Father"@en . . . "1837-03-21"^^ . "Thomas Ambrose Butler"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "St. Louis, Missouri, U.S."@en . . . . . . . "9491"^^ . . . . . . . . . "Cahill"@en . . . . . . "Thomas Ambrose Butler (March 21, 1837 \u2013 September 6, 1897) was an Irish American Catholic priest known for his writings on Irish immigration and his promotion of Irish settlements in the state of Kansas, which led to the founding of the Irish colony of Butler City, Kansas."@en . . . "Thomas Ambrose Butler"@en . "1864-05-17"^^ . . "The State of Kansas and Irish Immigration"@en . "Thomas Ambrose Butler (March 21, 1837 \u2013 September 6, 1897) was an Irish American Catholic priest known for his writings on Irish immigration and his promotion of Irish settlements in the state of Kansas, which led to the founding of the Irish colony of Butler City, Kansas."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "St. Louis, Missouri, United States"@en . . "priest"@en . . . . "1837-03-21"^^ . . . "Dublin, Ireland"@en . . . "Thomas Ambrose Butler"@en . "I am not an advocate of Irish emigration; I would rather a million of times that \"the old race\" could hold every inch of \"the old land.\" I believe that the pang of separation, and the subsequent sad feeling of exile from friends and country, leave an impress upon the heart that can never be removed. Let those, then, who can live at home in Ireland remain there--unless, indeed, the future prospects of their family are very dark"@en . "Butler as a young priest"@en . . . . . . . "1082095480"^^ . . . "Butler"@en . . . . . . . . . "Thomas Ambrose Butler"@en . . . "...The historian of the diocese, when recounting the actions and deeds of the pioneer priests of St. Louis diocese, can't pass over lightly the latest urn closed in the priests' lot in Calvary Cemetery. And we bespeak a bright page in that history of Rev. Thomas Ambrose Butler, the Soggarth Aroon of St. Cronan's, the well beloved of his fellow priests, the poet priest of Missouri, if not of the West, the gentleman, the scholar, the saint, the dearest friend ever we knew or expect to know on this earth. May his soul rest in peace, Amen!"@en . . "1897-09-06"^^ . . . . . . . "Thomas Ambrose Butler"@en . . . . . . "1897-09-06"^^ . . . . . . . . "55289095"^^ . . . .