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The remains of one of the 57 Irish immigrants who died during a cholera epidemic more than 180 years ago will be buried in Ireland on March 2. A local Irish community leader, Vincent Gallagher, donated a grave in his family plot to bury 18-year-old John Ruddy, who died at Duffy’s Cut.

It’s less than a month to St. Patrick’s Day. You know what that means: You have to practice! Fortunately, there are plenty of places to do it, starting Friday night!

Duffy’s Cut is more than an archeological site in Malvern. The resting place of a group of early 18th century Irish immigrants is also the focus of paranormal investigations.

Two more bodies have been found at the Malvern site where a group of young Irish laborers died mysteriously in the 1830s. The archeological dig may also be a crime scene.

Cholera claimed the lives of many Irish railroad workers who worked at the Malvern site known as Duffy’s Cut. But now evidence is surfacing that suggests that some of the men might have been murdered to keep them from spreading the disease.