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we found had been murdered. We’ve WW: We had no help from the
actually taken six years to get our ducks authorities. Also we had little money for
in a row to get ready to uncover the next exact science. Ground Penetrating Radar
six bodies we suspect are here. (GPR) surveys had to be done. We

actually found railroad artifacts
associated with the group quickly, but

we were slower to find the camp
without the right science. We were there
for five years before we found the first
skeleton in 2009.

We’ve found artifacts and, in fact, one of
the rooms at the Immaculata Museum is
dedicated to what we’ve found. We’ve

uncovered one of the oldest examples of
Irish nationalism in the United States.
It’s an Erin go Bragh pipe bowl, which

can be dated back to the Irish rebellion.

There were seven of them, all murdered,

and there was even a woman among
them. The ship’s list had the names of
most of the group. It’s a coincidence that
the file ended up in the hands of my

family. My grandfather worked for the
man who assembled the information
who worked for the Pennsylvania
We have a pipe stem from the city of
Railroad from 1909 to 1911.
Derry, which is where the ship that

brought 47 of the workers originated.

BB: What took you so long to unearth

the bodies if you knew they were there?