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Striking Gold – Transcontinental Railroad Turns 150

By Mary Gallagher, Assistant Editor
May 10, 2019

May 10, 2019 by By <a href="https://irishamerica.com/2018/06/mary-gallagher/">Mary Gallagher</a>, Assistant Editor<br/>May 10, 2019 Leave a Comment

Irish contributions to American history received a special recognition this week. The 150th anniversary of connecting the First Transcontinental Railroad was commemorated in a two-day celebration in Utah May 9 and 10 at Promontory Point, the state landmark where the Golden Spike connecting the track’s east and west branches was struck on May 10, 1869. The railroad was six years … [Read more...] about Striking Gold – Transcontinental Railroad Turns 150

Railroad with Irish Roots Turns 150

By Mary Gallagher, Assistant Editor
May / June 2019

May 1, 2019 by By <a href="https://irishamerica.com/2018/06/mary-gallagher/">Mary Gallagher</a>, Assistant Editor<br/><a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2019-archive/may-june-2019/">May / June 2019</a> Leave a Comment

The 150th anniversary of connecting the First Transcontinental Railroad was commemorated in a two-day celebration in a remote spot in the Utah desert called Promontory Point, where the final spikes connecting the track’s east and west branches were hammered into place on May 10, 1869. The railroad was six years in the making, with the physical labor conducted largely by Irish … [Read more...] about Railroad with Irish Roots Turns 150

September 18, 1964

On this day in 1964, Irish playwright Sean O’Casey died from a heart attack at the age of 84 in London. Born in Dublin on March 30, O’Casey first developed an interest in playwriting when he and his brother would put on Shakespeare plays for their family. He joined the Gaelic League in 1906 and became very involved with nationalism politics, leading him to Gaelicize his birth name of John Casey to Sean O’Casey. His first accepted play was “The Shadow of A Gunman,” which performed at the Abbey Theater in 1923. Two plays, “Juno and the Paycock” and “The Plough and the Stars,” would follow to make up O’Casey’s “Dublin trilogy.” He met his wife, Eileen Carey while in London and lived there until his death.

Striking Gold – Transcontinental Railroad Turns 150

Railroad with Irish Roots Turns 150

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