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1. facts.net › 38-facts-about-magdalene-laundries38 Facts About Magdalene Laundries

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   Sep 23, 2024 · In Magdalene Laundries, women and girls were required to do hard, manual labor, primarily laundry and needlework, for no pay. The work was often described as grueling and was seen as a form of penance for their supposed sins.

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     The Forgotten Maggies Official Documentary (52 min) Magdalene Laundries

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     Magdalene Laundries: Our World, BBC News Channel 27-09-14

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3. www.thesun.ie › news › 14009534Religious orders forced to keep records on Magdalene ...

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   1 day ago · RELIGIOUS orders will be forced to hang on to records relating to Magdalene Laundries, Mother and Baby Homes and other institutions under new laws. It will then be illegal for the scandal-hit group…

4. www.irishtimes.com › politics › 2024/09/27‘This is the opportunity for people to tell their story in ...

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   Sep 27, 2024 · People living in the Republic of Ireland who may have spent time in mother and baby homes, Magdalene laundries and workhouses in Northern Ireland have been urged to come forward.

5. www.irishcentral.com › roots › historyGalway family saved 15 women from a Magdalene Laundry

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   Oct 7, 2024 · How a Galway family saved 15 women from a Magdalene Laundry in the 1960s. The documentary "Ireland's Dirty Laundry" tells how Hugh and Ena McEntee and their three sons rescued girls from a...

6. www.bc.edu › magdalene-laundries-book'A Campaign for Justice' - Boston College

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   Oct 8, 2024 · Though originally devised as places of refuge, the Laundries’ initial objective to “protect, reform, and rehabilitate” devolved to a regimen of cruel, psychological, and physical maltreatment of the incarcerated women and young girls.

7. theglasgowwrap.substack.com › p › the-story-ofThe story of Glasgow’s Magdalene Institution

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   Sep 29, 2024 · Elsie’s and Lizzie’s stories are told with a flourish in an annual report from the 1870s: Elsie was allowed to leave after nine months, worked for four years in a Glasgow mill, saved her money, married and emigrated with her husband to New Zealand.

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   Did Magdalene Laundries make women and girls do laundry?

   • The women and girls in Ireland's Magdalene laundries, such as An Grianán and High Park, are reported to have done laundry work. The Sisters who ran these laundries continue to deny this fact. This is the tragic truth about Ireland's Magdalene asylums.

   The Tragic Truth About Ireland's Magdalene Asylums - Grunge

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   What happened in Magdalene Laundries?

   • Children and women in the Magdalene Laundries. Wikimedia Commons A two-part documentary, released in 2022, examining the desperate escape attempts of young women trapped in Magdalene Laundries tells the gripping story of how one Galway family broke 15 women out of one laundry in the 1960s.

   Galway family saved 15 women from a Magdalene Laundry - IrishCentral

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   Can a government impose a contribution to the Magdalene Laundries?

   • In the Irish Independent it was reported that the Minister for Justice intends to hold the four religious congregations which ran the Magdalene Laundries accountable and seek contributions from them towards the compensation fund. However, it is important to note that the government has no legal power to enforce such as contribution.

   Magdalene Laundries – The Government Fund to Benefit Survivors

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   Why did Magdalene laundry pay 45 women a week?

   • In a letter to the Department of Health in the 1970s, the sister in charge of another Magdalene Laundry in Dublin said that the local health board was paying per week “in respect of 45 unemployable and mentally handicapped women”.

   Mary’s story: The Magdalene laundry survivor who still lives there

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   Are women being imprisoned in Magdalene Laundries?

   • Magdalene laundries claimed to be imprisoning women who were labeled as 'promiscuous,' 'unwed mothers,' or even the daughters of unwed mothers. However, in reality, they were imprisoning any and all women who resisted the status quo.

   The Tragic Truth About Ireland's Magdalene Asylums - Grunge

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   What are Ireland's Magdalene Laundries?

   • Ireland's Magdalene Laundries were used as alternatives to prisons and youth detention centers. The State even paid to have women and girls detained after they were convicted.

   The Tragic Truth About Ireland's Magdalene Asylums - Grunge

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9. nihrc.org › publication › detailPublication - NIHRC Submission to the Executive Office’s ...

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   Sep 24, 2024 · 2.9 The NIHRC recommends that the Executive Office ensures that a human rights-based approach is expressly stated as a foundation of the public inquiry into Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses in NI.