The End, and the Importance to the West

With the connection of the railroads, the now-enfranchised Irish either stayed in the West or returned home. For all of the work that they did, including setting down a 10-mile stretch of railroad with the Chinese workers, they were actually paid fairly well, returning home to a less slummy future for the Irish population.

Without the Irish Railroad Workers, the Transcontinental Railroad would have been much harder to construct. The Transcontinental Railroad connected the West and the East, partially ending the Western Era that we know today. In that way the Irish made the West a respectable place to live.