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Article including information from Mary Anne Sadlier's book about Irish female laborers: Bessy Conway

The impact Irish female laborers had, including their domination of the domestic service industry

Conditions and morale while building the railroads as told by a 60 year old Scotch-Irish man.

Irish and Italians were the most common populations in New York, were Irish were 22.3 as compared with a percentage of 33.2 among Italians.

Dale Creek Bridge- photographs taken during construction of the Union Pacific Railroad

picture of Irish female domestic

Enclosure near the Amtrak (formerly PRR) tracks near Malvern, PA, built as a memorial to Irish workers who died during a Cholera epidemic at "Duffy's Cut" - mile 59. Enclosure apparently built with stones used in the 1832 construction, but it itself…

The most famous photograph associated with the first transcontinental railroad is
Andrew J. Russell’s “East and West Shaking Hands at Laying of Last Rail.” Commonly
known as “The Champagne Photo,” Russell’s “East and West” was one of…

In the image, you can see a depiction of the immigrants disembarking from the ships.

Following his promotion to General, General Meagher leads the 2nd Irish Brigade into the Battle of Fair Oaks/Seven Pines it would be the first time the 2nd brigade saw combat. The battle was fought from May 31-June 1, 1862 in Henrico County, Virginia…