A few wedding & honeymoon pics

**MacSimoin** · 17th October 06, 08:50 AM

More pics:

Looking down into one wing of the "fever hospital" (in Cootehill), where my great-great grandfather's family members died due to illness brought on by the Great Famine (the burial mound is about 100 meters behind the hospital)...

Inside the hospital, looking up towards the window where the first photo was taken...

A better view of the original stone work (the rest of the building was built on many years later, after the famine had passed)...

Looking straight through, from one the side of the hospital to the other...

A brief note on these shots: The fever hospital was purchased some years ago by a developer who promptly began renovations and improving the surrounding land. The residents of Cootehill voiced their discontent to the local government (because of the historical signifcance of everything) and further construction came to a halt. Thankfully, the owner ceased developing (the property remains abandoned).

**MacSimoin** · 17th October 06, 08:58 AM

More pics:

The memorial that marks the massive burial mound (behind the fever hospital), where famine victims were laid to rest (my great-great-grandfather's family is buried here)...

Though you can't quite fathom its size here, the mound rises about a meter above the surrounding soil and stretches over 200 ft. in length (it's about 60 ft. at its widest point)...

Lough Sillan (in Shercock, Co. Cavan), known for its abundant pike fishing...

Another boring roadside view...

**Pour1Malt** · 17th October 06, 09:22 AM

lovely!

ta fur sharin those!

guid oan ya an yur lassie!

slainte!

**Macman** · 17th October 06, 09:34 AM

Great pictures! My congratulations to you both.

Best,
David

**Big Dave** · 17th October 06, 09:45 AM

Such beautiful pics, congrats on the wedding.

**TimC** · 17th October 06, 10:06 AM

Congrats and thanks for sharing the pictures!

-Tim

**Doublewood** · 17th October 06, 10:14 AM

Thanks for sharing those pictures.

My family traces its roots back to not only County Cavan, but the town Cootehill, as well!

SMALL world!

In a nutshell, the story goes that around 1816 or so, one of my ancestors was visiting a sick family member (his sister, I think) in the hospital with some food and blankets, and was told he could not leave the items for her seeing as they hadn't been blessed by the church. Well, she died in the hospital, setting the wheels in motion for my ancestors to leave the Catholic Church and hightail it over to Canada.

That might have been the same hospital in your pictures.

I'm going to forward this link to my uncle who knows more of the family history than I do.