Minneapolis souvenir plate with a picture of the "Pro-Cathedral" (Basilica), created after 1913.

Choir boys with palm leaves, Basilica of St. Mary, c.1940.

Altar service, Basilica of St. Mary, December 8, 1936.

Procession leaving the Basilica of St. Mary for the dedication of the statue of Father Louis Hennepin at Hennepin and Superior avenues in Minneapolis. Photograph by the Minneapolis Journal, October 12, 1930.

Loring Park with a view of St. Mary's Basilica, Minneapolis. Postcard, c.1917.

Cathedral of St. Mary and school, Minneapolis. Photograph by Charles J. Hibbard, 1916.

Construction of the Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis, 1911.

Archbishop John Ireland helped numerous Irish prosper in America and Minnesota. MN90 Producer Allison Herrera talks about the man behind the boulevard in St. Paul. Includes an interview with Ann Regan, author of Irish in Minnesota, published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2002.

Cathedral of St. Paul, St. Paul, c.1950.