The Soup Kitchen

The Society of Friends, also known as the Quakers, operated a Soup Kitchen from this place. Money was sent to Ireland from many parts of the world to help alleviate the effects of the famine. The Quakers set up Soup Kitchens in most towns. With one pound sterling you could make enough soup to feed 400 people. The recipe was : one pound of peas, one pound of pearl barley per gallon of water. Salt and pepper might be added. If bread was available it too was added. There were three large vats in the Soup Kitchen, one to dispense soup, one being cleaned and one being prepared. The Soup Kitchen was in constant use.