Interesting article about a mass grave of 57 Irishmen from Tyrone, Derry, and Donegal who died in August 1832 of cholera -- and some, possibly by gunshot -- soon after arriving in the US (outside Philadelphia). These men were railroad workers who died at the infamous Duffy's Cut. Researchers hope to identify the remains via DNA and maybe repatriate the bones. http://apnews.excite.com/article/20090325/D974R1E00.html Claire K seekay@comcast.net

Malvern is next door to our home in West Goshen and here we are vacationing in Mexico, missing the excitement! You HAVE to follow this story backwards. I'll try to assemble it when I get home. Rough memory (I AM a senior). Watson saw a strange fog from his Immaculata University window (ahem! my daughter's alma mater and my drop-out spot). I think there may be a memorial at St. Agnes Cemetery, West Chester. There is a marker at Duffy's Cut. You can find your way to the spot, but I think it may involve a bit of trespassing on private property. (I'll have an answer to that when I get home.) It is truly a fascinating, sad story. If my old memory serves me, the Daily Local News, West Chester ran the story. It is an awesome tale and I thank you Claire, for sharing this update. I'll have a Mango Daiquairi on the beach to help me get over my disappointment with being so far removed from the action, especially since my roots are County Tyrone. Regards, Mary McCanney Finley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Claire K" <seekay@comcast.net> To: "CoTyrone CoTyrone" <CoTyroneIreland@rootsweb.com>; "DonegalEire" <donegaleire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 7:28 AM Subject: [CoTyIre] Irish Graves Found in Pennsylvania > Interesting article about a mass grave of 57 Irishmen from Tyrone, > Derry, and Donegal who died in August 1832 of cholera -- and some, > possibly by gunshot -- soon after arriving in the US (outside > Philadelphia). These men were railroad workers who died at the > infamous Duffy's Cut. Researchers hope to identify the remains via > DNA and maybe repatriate the bones. > http://apnews.excite.com/article/20090325/D974R1E00.html > > Claire K > seekay@comcast.net > > > > > ------------- > Our community web-site: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message