Many unnamed Irish immigrants died in quarantine on Staten Island in the mid 1800s. Some of the bones from the mass grave were found during a construction project and are being reburied with a funeral ceremony. - - Donna Poisl
By MEGAN FINNEGAN AND ELEANOR MILLER, IrishCentral.com
Mourners gathered at St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church on Staten Island Saturday to bury the dead, but this was no ordinary funeral.
Members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians escorted two caskets - one a small, white children's casket with golden angels; the other larger and pearl-colored - into the church as bagpipes played "Amazing Grace."
The two coffins contained the final remains of immigrants who died over 150 years ago.
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