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Dublin Portal

Activate our portal to explore life and death with typhoid in turn of the century Dublin, the history of the city’s (mal-)adapted sanitary infrastructure, and the dark tale of weaponising diseases such as typhoid.

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Typhoid walking tour.

Click here to find out more about Typhoidland’s exciting and immersive new launch. Dive into the history of disease and public health in Dublin on our free self-guided walking tour, Fear & Fever: Dublin’s Struggle with Typhoid. 

Fear & Fever: 14 days of typhoid in Edwardian Dublin – a Typhoidland historical graphic novel – is now available!

Click here to read it.

Discover the modern history of typhoid control. 

 

Typhoidland curator Claas Kirchhelle’s engaging history of typhoid uses the stories of both literary characters and real-life figures to trace typhoid’s transformation from a mysterious scourge into a controllable microbial threat. The book is available at Scala: Arts & Heritage

Explore Our Past Exhibitions

Learn about the history of typhoid, infection control, sanitation, vaccines, and healthy carriers by visiting our digitised exhibitions.

Out and about with Alice

 

Take a look at our educational resources for use in the classroom. We have a large array of posters and activities and have also documented how we have put these to use through our school study and family activity days.

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