Bones on beach source likely Irish 'coffin ship'

wfgodot · Dec 31, 2014

Bones found on Canadian beach likely from coffin ship from Irelands Great Famine (Washington Post)

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The bones vertebrae, pieces of a jawbone washed up in 2011 on Quebecs Gaspé Peninsula, about 500 miles from Montreal. After three years of research, Parks Canada says that they likely belonged to Irish children fleeing the Great Famine who died in a shipwreck.

They are witnesses to a tragic event, said Pierre Cloutier, an archeologist at Parks Canada, told the Globe and Mail. You cant have a more tangible witness to tragedy than human remains.
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the story at the links

charminglane · Dec 31, 2014

Probably one of my red haired relatives.

Cappuccino · Jan 1, 2015

A sad reminder of a very dark time in history. Sad too that they've lain there all these years, I hope now they'll be given a decent burial.

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