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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 ...
1 day ago · For centuries, women in Ireland who were deemed 'fallen' or 'promiscuous' could be sent to institutions known as Magdalene Laundries. These institutions were state-sponsored and church-run, and ...
Oct 7, 2024 · Children and women in the Magdalene Laundries. Wikimedia Commons. "Ireland's Dirty Laundry," a two-part documentary that aired on RTÉ in 2022, tells how Hugh and Ena McEntee and their three...
3 days ago · The film is based on Claire Keegan’s 2021 Booker-shortlisted story and tells the story of a Wexford man, coal merchant Bill Furlong, who uncovers a terrible scene at the local Magdalene Laundry
Feb 18, 2024 · Cillian Murphy: ‘Magdalene laundries were a collective trauma for people of a certain age’. After decades of denial and obfuscation, campaigners agree some progress on Magdalene laundries is...
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Feb 15, 2024 · Cillian Murphy on Exploring the ‘Collective Trauma’ of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries in New Film ‘Small Things Like These’: ‘Art Can Be a Really Useful Balm’. By Ellise Shafer ...
Apr 18, 2024 · Reality of life in Ireland’s ‘shameful’ Magdalene laundries exposed in new show. BY: Fiona Audley. April 18, 2024. Share this article: A NEW theatre production tackles the brutal reality of Ireland’s controversial mother and baby homes.
