Famine Soup: Alexis Soyer, Trevelyan and The Great Hunger in Dublin

Padraic X. Scanlan is the author of Rot: A History of the Irish Famine. Framing the crisis in Ireland within the broader picture of Empire, this book brings much to how we understood the events that reshaped Ireland. While the crisis recalls rural Ireland, Dublin was central to the story, as the location of the Castle Administration and a bustling port. In this episode we touch on the peculiar story of Alexis Soyer, chef to London's Reform Club, who would arrive in the city in 1847. Establishing a soup kitchen in front of the Royal Barracks, Soyer's intervention was widely condemned in the contemporary press. Rot is available now in all good bookshops.

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Famine Soup: Alexis Soyer, Trevelyan and The Great Hunger in Dublin is an episode from Three Castles Burning by Donal Fallon.

This episode is 34:58 long.

This episode was published on Aug 24, 2025.

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