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Blood on the tracks: Were 50 Irish immigrants murdered in Philadelphia in 1832?

More than 50 Irish immigrants may have been murdered in 1832 in Philadelphia. Bette Browne reports on the excavation of a mass grave to find out what happened in the forgotten massacre

Sat, 10 May, 2014

Irish immigrant rail workers to be reburied

The remains of five Irish immigrants murdered while building a Pennsylvania railway in 1832 are being re-interred in a cemetery near Philadelphia.

Fri, 09 Mar, 2012

Grave may contain bodies of 19th Century Irish immigrants

US researchers may have discovered a mass grave for nearly five dozen 19th Century Irish immigrants who died of cholera weeks after travelling to Pennsylvania to build a railroad.

Wed, 25 Mar, 2009