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    1. [PaOldC] Fwd: [IRL-DUBLIN] 5 Irish immigrants re-buried in Pa. cemetery
    2. Eliz Hanebury
    3. Sent to the Dublin Ireland list, living in Lancaster Co it seems I am missing a lot. Eliz A Recent AP news article that I feel would be of interest to this list.........Edd Sinnett PS: I do not search on Tyrone nor Derry lists if you want to foward, PLEASE DO...... Before a funeral at West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Friday, March 9, 2012, in Bala Cynwyd, Pa., caskets for five 19th-century Irish immigrants whose remains were excavated from the Duffy's Cut site. Researchers believe the site in Malvern, Pa., contains the remains of about 50 Irish immigrants from Donegal, Tyrone and Derry.who died weeks after coming to Pennsylvania to build a railroad in 1832. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) The remains of John Ruddy - Donegal were identified. Historian Bill Watson and his twin brother Frank Watson, also a historian, led a team that set out nearly a decade ago to find out what happened to the workers from Donegal, Tyrone and Derry. They believe many died of cholera and were dumped in a mass grave at Duffy's Cut.( There was a huge epicemic of Cholera during that time frame too ) http://www.centurylink.net/news/read.php?id=18855096&ps=1011&srce=news_class&action=2&lang=en&_LT=UNLC_USNWU00L2_UNEWS ****************************** Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in County Dublin, Ireland and the City of Dublin. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-DUBLIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

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