Welcome to Duffy's Cut

Museum
Come and Explore
The Duffy's Cut Museum
at Gabriele Library
Open during regular library hours
for more information
or call the Circulation Desk
at 610-647-4400 x3839
museum

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SAVE THE DATE!
DUFFY'S CUT MEMORIAL SERVICE AND BURIAL
MARCH 9, 2012, 2 PM WEST LAUREL HILL CEMETERY, BALA CYNWYD, PA
Come out for the reburial of the remains of the men and the woman of Duffy's Cut
All are welcome! You will get the chance to attend the viewing and the burial services of the Duffy's Cut 57
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History

In June, 1832, a group of 57 Irish immigrants from Donegal, Tyrone, and Derry arrived in Philadelphia. They were brought to Chester County by a fellow Irishman named Philip Duffy as laborers for the construction of the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad, Pennsylvania’s pioneering railroad. Within six weeks, all were dead of cholera and possibly violence, and were buried anonymously in a ditch outside of Malvern.

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The Duffy’s Cut Project is an ongoing archival and archaeological search into their lives and deaths and seeks to provide insight into early 19th Century attitudes about industry, immigration, and disease in Pennsylvania.  With the help of the Chester County Emerald Society, we obtained an official State Historical Marker for the site in March, 2004, thereby putting Duffy’s Cut on the map of history. The marker was dedicated on June 18, 2004, and was placed by us at the intersection of King Rd. and Sugartown Rd. in Malvern.
 

smithsonian
Presents
The Ghosts of Duffy's Cut
For more information