Record Data Place Unit Type Location or Site Containing Unit County Kerry, Ireland Events Date Type 07/31/1865 In the Atlantic, the latest effort to lay a transatlantic telegraph cable fails when the cable breaks and is lost Science/Technology 07/13/1866 Off Ireland, the Great Eastern begins her cable laying operation towards Canada. Science/Technology 09/02/1866 The Great Eastern begins to lay cable connected to the recovered 1865 broken cable and heads for Newfoundland. Science/Technology 07/27/1866 The Great Eastern, laying the new Atlantic Cable, arrives in Newfoundland and the cable is connected. Science/Technology 07/22/1866 The Great Eastern, laying the new Atlantic Cable, passes where the cable broke and was lost in 1865. Science/Technology 07/28/1866 The new Atlantic Cable transmits and receives its first messages between North America and Europe. Science/Technology Major Topics Telegraph People Places Name Type Knightstown, Ireland City or Town Documents Images Knightstown, Ireland, terminus of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, June 1865, artist's impression Valentia Island, Ireland, July 1865, artist's impression