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Philip Duffy.

• Railroad contractor.

• Hired 57 Irish immigrants.

• Hired them to lay railroad tracks through the forest west of Philadelphia.

Other causes of death during Duffy’s Cut.

• Of four sets of remains that were found, 2 showed signs of blunt force trauma.

What they Were Doing• Working for Phillip Duffy• Hired cheap• Needed money to start life in America• Working on the Philadelphia/ Columbia Railroad•Living in tents close to work site

http://www.duffyscutproject.com/

• Hello: for all those who are interested, this is the list of 15 of the 57 men who died at Duffy’s Cut we been able to identify–

• George Doherty, age 28 from DonegalJohn Ruddy, age 18 from DonegalWilliam Putetill, age 20 from DonegalWilliam Devine, age 21 from DonegalJames Deveney, age 26 from TyroneDaniel McCahill, age 25 from DonegalBernie McGarty, age 20 from DonegalDavid Patchill, age 20 from DonegalRobert Skelton, age 20 from DonegalPatrick McAnamy, age 20 from TyroneBernard McIlheaney, age 23 from DonegalGeorge Quigly, age 22 from DonegalSamuel Forbes, age 23 from TyroneJohn McGlone, age 25 from DerryJohn McClanon, age 24 from Derry

Irish Immigrants

• Potato rot destroyed crops• About 3.5 million immigrants between 1820

and 1880• Most families were very poor• Went to America to escape poverty• Did work that others wouldn’t and worked for

very little

Potato rot destroyed crops

About 3.5 million immigrants between 1820 and 1880

Most families were very poor

Went to America to escape poverty

Did work that others wouldn’t and worked for very little

Irish Immigrants

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