What is recorded here
In County Cavan, Ireland, the fever hospital stood where death came in waves during the famine. It cared for the dying and held the dead when starvation, fever, and smallpox overwhelmed every other place. The site remains a memorial to that much loss.
The old fever hospital was used to care for dying people and storing the dead during the famine, which saw dramatically increased starvation, fever and smallpox.
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