During the height of the Great Famine, in 1847 demand for the soup kitchen was at its highest and throughout Ireland over 3 million people (out of a population of 8 million) were receiving rations of soup. The Quakers were active in Donegal during the Famine. ... James Tuke, a member of the Society of Friends wrote in 1847 ... "Nothing, indeed, can describe too strongly the dreadful conditions of the people. Many were living on a single meal of cabbage and some even, as we were assured, upon a little seaweed."
Saturday, September 10, 2005
Famine Soup Pot - Donegal Historical Society
During the height of the Great Famine, in 1847 demand for the soup kitchen was at its highest and throughout Ireland over 3 million people (out of a population of 8 million) were receiving rations of soup. The Quakers were active in Donegal during the Famine. ... James Tuke, a member of the Society of Friends wrote in 1847 ... "Nothing, indeed, can describe too strongly the dreadful conditions of the people. Many were living on a single meal of cabbage and some even, as we were assured, upon a little seaweed."
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