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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Magdalene_SistersThe Magdalene Sisters - Wikipedia

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   The Magdalene Sisters is a 2002 drama film written and directed by Peter Mullan, about three teenage girls who were sent to Magdalene asylums (also known as Magdalene laundries), homes for women who were labelled as "fallen" by their families or society.

2. emergewomanmagazine.com › the-magdalene-sisters-aThe Magdalene Sisters: A Powerful Film on the Harsh Reality ...

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   Jun 11, 2023 · The Magdalene Sisters movie was groundbreaking in its portrayal of the institutional abuse suffered by young women in Ireland’s Magdalene laundries. Despite criticism from some quarters, it helped shine a light on this dark chapter of Church history and give voice to those who suffered.

3. 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 ...

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5. www.standard.co.uk › culture › tvfilmSmall Things Like These: what are the Irish Magdalene Laundries?

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   Jan 22, 2024 · Named for the biblical figure Mary Magdalene, who was traditionally considered to have been a fallen woman herself, they were described as laundries because the asylums were laundry and...

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6. ifi.ie › film › the-magdalene-sistersThe Magdalene Sisters - Irish Film Institute

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   An unflinching and compelling film depicting a shameful episode in Irish history, The Magdalene Sisters dramatises the experience of women incarcerated in Ireland’s notorious Magdalene Asylums, known as ‘Magdalene Laundries’.

7. www.nytimes.com › 2003/08/03 › moviesHow Ireland Hid Its Own Dirty Laundry - The New York Times

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   Aug 3, 2003 · Magdalene, the prostitute, pours perfume over Jesus' feet and dries them with her hair. He gives her a place of honor -- it is Judas who objects, and it is after the incident with Magdalene...

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   Why was Magdalene Asylum filmed?

   • The homes were maintained by individual religious orders, usually by the Catholic Church. Peter Mullan has remarked that the film was initially made because victims of Magdalene asylums had received no closure in the form of recognition, compensation or apology, and many remained lifelong devout Catholics.

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   What is the story behind the Magdalene Sisters?

   • The Magdalene Sisters is a 2002 drama film written and directed by Peter Mullan, about three teenage girls who were sent to Magdalene asylums (also known as Magdalene laundries), homes for women who were labelled as "fallen" by their families or society. The homes were maintained by individual religious orders, usually by the Catholic Church.

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   Are the Magdalene Sisters based on a true story?

   • Yes. A 2003 a drama film titled The Magdalene Sisters told the story of three teenage girls who were sent to the asylums in the Sixties. The film starred Anne-Marie Duff, Nora-Jane Noone and Dorothy Duffy and received critical acclaim, winning the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

   Small Things Like These: what are the Irish Magdalene Laundries?

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   How many 'troubled' women were in the Magdalene Laundries?

   • These workhouses, institutions run by religious orders for centuries, housed as many as 30,000 'troubled' women from the 18th century until as recently as the 1990s. Women of all ages were often kept against their will, abused and separated from their children. "The novel isn’t just an eloquent attack on the Magdalene Laundries.

   Small Things Like These: what are the Irish Magdalene Laundries?

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   What was a Magdalene laundry?

   • The Magdalene laundries were workhouses run by religious orders, where “troubled” and “fallen” women were forcibly sent.

   Small Things Like These: what are the Irish Magdalene Laundries?

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   When did Magdalene laundry close?

   • Although the institutions had been open since the 18th century – the first laundry opened on Leeson Street in Dublin in 1767 – the 2013 government report looked specifically at the period between 1922 and the closure of the last Magdalene laundry in 1996, investigating from the point when Ireland became a republic.

   Small Things Like These: what are the Irish Magdalene Laundries?

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9. www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-2003-aug-01-etInside the Magdalene asylums of Ireland - Los Angeles Times

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   Aug 1, 2003 · “Magdalene” begins with the back stories of three teenage girls, all of whom were, for different reasons, callously stigmatized and abandoned by their families and deposited in the same asylum...