Programme-Dé Déardaoin 10 Bealtaine-Thursday 10th May

 Recreating the Soup Kitchen

In the summer of 1847, the government set up some soup kitchens to give the starving people hot soup.  Huge boilers were provided  by The Quakers in which to cook the soup. By August 1847, about 3 million people were being fed each day in total.

A soup kitchen will be situated in the yard of Drogheda Borough Council which was during famine times the site of one of many soup kitchens , the sole source of nourishment for many of our forbearers.

Come along and for a donation of €5 for adults and €2.50 for children  to Drogheda Homeless Aid a tasty lunch will be served.

Venue: Drogheda Borough Council Yard

12.00 noon schools only

1.15pm:- 2.30 p.m.  open to the public

Drogheda Library Famine Commemeration

The Great Famine in Drogheda in 1847

A talk by Brendan Matthews

Local Historian Brendan Matthews presents an illustrated talk on 

'The Great Famine in Drogheda 1847' 

@ Drogheda Library, Stockwell St.

Times: 3.45pm - 4.45pm

Belfast Girls.

A rehearsed reading of  prizewinning playwight Jaki McCarrick new work ‘Belfast Girls’ will be performed in the Droichead Arts Centre.

Set in 1850 against the backdrop of the famine, five young women choose to leave the leprous workhouses as part of an official scheme to transport orphan workers from Ireland to Australia.

Venue: Droichead Arts Centre, Stockwell St.

Time: 8.30pm