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1 day ago · Melodramas like The Magdalene Sisters and that other notable Magdalene story, Philomena (2013), find a form of closure when their victims confront their oppressors.
1 day ago · Set in New Ross, Ireland, in 1985, it is a fictional tale, with the unsettling tension of a horror film. But it is based on reality: Magdalene laundries, in which “fallen women” were forced to ...
1 day ago · The film itself bears comparison with The Magdalene Sisters, written and directed by Peter Mullan in 2002, and perhaps the definitive indictment of the notorious institutions that flourished in Ireland for centuries. Also known as Magdalene asylums, these were run by Catholic orders, who took in so-called ‘fallen women’ – whether unmarried mothers, or deemed to be promiscuous, or simply ...
1 day ago · The Magdalene Laundries, or Magdalene Asylums, operated under the authority of the Catholic Church throughout the 20th century. Since 1922, four religious orders—The Sisters of Mercy, The Sisters of Our Lady of Charity, the Sisters of Charity, and the Good Shepherd Sisters— managed these institutions in ten different locations around Ireland.
4 days ago · Dedicated to the more than 56,000 young women who were sent to Magdalene institutions for “penance and rehabilitation” between the years 1922 and 1996—and the children who were taken from them—the big screen adaptation of Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These is incredibly poignant.
3 days ago · Walsh attended the Irish premiere of the Irish film, adapted from Claire Keegan's celebrated novella of the same name, which was held in Dublin's Light House Cinema last night.
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Oct 7, 2024 · "Ireland's Dirty Laundry," a two-part documentary that aired on RTÉ in 2022, tells how Hugh and Ena McEntee and their three sons heroically rescued 15 girls from a Magdalene Laundry in Galway...