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Aug 23, 2023 · The Magdalene Laundries were back in the spotlight recently following the death of Irish singer Sinead O'Connor, who spent time in one of the former asylums as a teenager. A new BBC drama examines ...
Jan 22, 2024 · The Magdalene laundries were workhouses run by religious orders, where “troubled” and “fallen” women were forcibly sent. These women had usually behaved in ways that members of their ...
Aug 30, 2020 · Gaffney, now 74, has lived her entire life in institutions run by nuns. She is one of many Magdalene survivors who, although the laundries are closed, remain living in institutional settings.
Jan 26, 2021 · A report has found that 10,500 women went through mother-and-baby homes in Northern Ireland and 3,000 were admitted into Magdalene laundries. The Stormont-commissioned report, external examined ...
Aug 31, 2023 · How did the Magdalene Laundries operate? Named after the Biblical figure Mary Magdalene (in earlier centuries shown as a reformed prostitute), the first was founded in the mid-1700s in Whitechapel ...
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Sep 14, 2023 · From the late 18th century to 1996, thousands of women and girls in Ireland were sentenced to unpaid labor in the convent-run workhouses known as Magdalene laundries, many of them for “sins ...
Jun 2, 2019 · A feature on High Park Magdalene laundry in Drumcondra in Dublin appeared in the newspaper, written by Renagh Holohan, under the headline High Park: Laundry with a Difference. "High Park is a ...
