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   1 day ago · The last of Ireland's Magdalene Laundries closed in 1996 (Image: PA Archive/PA Images). In a famous act of protest against abuse in the Catholic Church, singer Sinead O'Connor ripped up a photo of ...

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     PT1: ESCAPE FROM THE MAGDALENE LAUNDRY, DIANE CROGHAN SHARES HER INCREDIBLE STORY

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     PT2: ESCAPE FROM THE MAGDALENE LAUNDRY, DIANE CROGHAN SHARES HER INCREDIBLE STORY

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     The Forgotten Maggies Official Documentary (52 min) Magdalene Laundries

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4. www.economist.com › culture › 2024/11/01Exposing the horrors of Ireland’s Magdalene laundries

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   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 ...

5. theconversation.com › small-things-like-theseSmall Things Like These: Magdalene laundries drama is a ...

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   1 day ago · Cillian Murphy and Zara Devin in Small Things Like These. FlixPix/Alamy Stock Photo. Making a delivery to the local convent, he comes across a young woman, Sarah (Zara Devlin), locked in the coal ...

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   1 day ago · At the beginning of her book, she dedicates her work to the “women and children who suffered time in Ireland’s mother and baby homes and Magdalene Laundries.” Like the novel, the upcoming film is set in a small town in Ireland in 1985, where Murphy’s character, Bill Furlong, works as a coal merchant to support his large family. As he ...

7. www.pressreader.com › ireland › irish-independentThis month 28 years ago, one of our greatest shames came to ...

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   3 days ago · Ireland’s first laundry, the Magdalene Asylum for Penitent Females, was founded in 1765 in Dublin by Lady Arabella Denny, a member of the Church of Ireland. The asylum’s initial aim was primarily caring and charitable by providing shelter and training to the capital’s prostitute­s in preparatio­n for “more suitable” employment.

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   1 day ago · This is a fictional tale, but it is set against the true horror of the Magdalene Laundries, wherein thousands of unmarried Irish women and girls were separated from their infants, abused, and ...

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   Where were Magdalen laundries located?

   • The location of Magdalen Laundries in the Republic of Ireland. Magdalene Laundries were found in several countries, and were not exclusive to Ireland. The United States, Canada, Britain, and Europe all had asylums for “fallen women.” None of these laundries or societies proved to be as abusive or long-lasting as the laundries inside Ireland.

   Magdalene Laundries in Ireland and Across the Western World

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   What was a Magdalene laundry?

   • Magdalene Laundries were churches in Ireland that confined approximately 30,000 women in prisons. Both Catholic and Protestant Magdalene institutions existed as a way for the church to control the lives of Irish women—their children were stolen, along with their lives.

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   Who rescued 15 women from Magdalene laundry?

   • "Ireland's Dirty Laundry", a two-part Irish documentary, tells how a Galway family, Hugh and Ena McEntee and their three sons heroically rescued 15 women from a Magdalene Laundry in Galway city in 1963.

   Galway family saved 15 women from a Magdalene Laundry - IrishCentral

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   What happened to Ireland's last Magdalene laundry?

   • Unmarried pregnant women were condemned as social outcasts and confined in harsh institutions On October 25, 1996, a dark chapter in Ireland’s history finally came to an end with the closure of the nation’s last Magdalene laundry in Dublin’s Sean McDermott Street.

   How closure of the last Magdalene laundry 28 years ago ended shamef…

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   Did the public know about Magdalene Laundries?

   • One of the narratives that surrounds the contemporary discourse on Magdalene laundries and mother and baby homes is that the public knew but didn’t know.

   The truth about the Magdalene laundries was hiding in plain sight

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   Are Magdalene Laundries Catholic or Protestant?

   • While the majority of Magdalene Laundries were run by the Catholic Church, there were two laundries run for (and by) Protestants. Bethany Home in Rathgar, Dublin was one such institution. The laundry on Ballsbridge Terrace in Dublin was another Protestant laundry.

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    3 days ago · On October 25, 1996, a dark chapter in Ireland’s history finally came to an end with the closure of the nation’s last Magdalene laundry in Dublin’s Sean McDermott Street. The laundry, known...