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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 ...
Oct 5, 2021 · Marianville and Marianvale also had Magdalene Laundries - workhouses where women were sent for a variety of reasons, including for having a child outside of marriage. Both institutions were run...
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 ...
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...
- Elizabeth Gregory
Jun 2, 2018 · Now just 40, ‘Jenny’ was one of the last generation to live in Ireland’s Magdalene laundries. A former resident outside the laundry at Sean McDermott Street, where there are posies and a...
- Deirdre Falvey
Feb 16, 2024 · CILLIAN MURPHY HAS said that the Magdalene Laundries scandal has continued to be a “collective trauma” that is still being dealt with by the Irish public. The Oscar and Bafta nominee, 47, is...
Aug 28, 2023 · The Woman in the Wall sparked renewed outrage in the Magdalene Laundries. One real story concerned 800 babies in a grave amid a 'tank' claim.