Pennsylvania Grave Linked to Duffy's Cut Could Contain Irish Immigrants

Pennsylvania grave linked to Duffy's Cut could contain Irish immigrants

The site at Downingtown is close to Duffy's Cut, where another mass grave of Irish immigrants was previously found.

New Mass Grave May Hold 120 Irish Rail Workers in Pennsylvania

Historic Discovery in Downingtown A newly discovered mass grave in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, could contain the remains of up to 120 Irish immigrants who died in the early 1800s. The grave is just 11 miles from Duffy’s Cut, where 57 Irish rail workers were buried after a cholera outbreak in 1832. Possible Link to Duffy’s Cut Tragedy Researchers believe one man ...

Pennsylvania grave linked to Duffy's Cut could contain Irish immigrants - Finnoexpert

Duffy’s Cut Project Part of a man’s jaw and teeth have been found at the site in Downingtown A 19th Century mass grave in Pennsylvania could contain the remains of up to 120 Irish immigrants, researchers have said. The site, at Downingtown, is 11 miles west of Duffy’s Cut, where in 2009 remains from a mass grave believed to contain 57 Irish railroad workers were discovered. Those immigrants, from counties Tyrone, Londonderry and Donegal, were b…