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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 ...
Jul 7, 2023 · Children and women in the Magdalene Laundries. WikiCommons. In the only known footage to have been filmed from within a Magdalene Laundry, Fr. Jack Delaney removed part of the mystery about...
- Frances Mulraney
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.
- Sabrina Barr
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.
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.
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...
Mar 3, 2022 · The new two-part RTÉ documentary Ireland's Dirty Laundry tells the story of the Magdalene Laundries, primarily through the moving testimonies of some of the survivors. Below, producer Nuala...
