Duffy’s Cut
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Researchers Unveil Findings of Mass Grave in Downingtown, Likely Connecting to Duffy’s Cut
A newly discovered mass gravesite in Downingtown is believed to be the final resting place of around 120 Irish railroad workers who died in 1832,…
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Local History Professor Shares His Decades of Duffy’s Cut Research
Local history professor William Watson has shared the story of first discovering Duffy’s Cut, a mysterious landmark in Malvern, as he writes in an article…
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Duffy’s Cut Researchers Believe They Found Second Mass Grave of Irish Railroad Workers Likely Killed in 1832
Brothers William and Frank Watson, the researchers who first uncovered Duffy’s Cut, believe they have discovered a second mass grave of Irish railroad workers buried…
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How Malvern’s Eerie History Makes for an Intriguing Tourist Destination
Malvern’s history makes it one of the most unconventional towns in Pennsylvania, writes Aunindita Bhatia for World Atlas. The borough’s history of wartime violence has…
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How an Irish Immigrant Became Responsible for 57 Deaths in 19th-Century Malvern
For more than 180 years, cholera was blamed by railroad officials for the deaths of 57 Irish immigrants who died within six weeks of being…
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This Historical Marker in Chester County Remembers Tragic Tale of Irish Railroad Workers
Visitors who are looking to tour the Irish historical markers in the Philadelphia region should not miss the one dedicated to Duffy’s Cut Mass Grave…
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Serenity of Malvern Belies the Tragedy That Occurred There Nearly Two Centuries Ago
In 1832, 57 Irish immigrants who had arrived in Philadelphia just weeks earlier were brutally murdered while working on the railroad at Duffy’s Cut in…
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Chester County’s Former Chief Deputy Coroner Still Looking for Answers on Duffy’s Cut
Phoenixville native Norman Goodman, Chester County’s former chief deputy coroner, is still looking for answers on what happened to the people buried in a mass…
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Breakthrough Discovered in Deaths of Irish Rail Workers in 1830s in Malvern
A new discovery has emerged about the deaths of 57 Irish railroad workers at Duffy’s Cut in Chester County in the early 1830s, writes Genevieve…
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Anti-Irish, Anti-Catholic Sentiment Led to Vigilante Violence at Duffy’s Cut
Fresh off a boat from Ireland, 57 people working on the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad are thought to have contracted cholera, were murdered, and thrown…
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