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  1. 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 ...

  2. 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. 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...

  4. Sep 4, 2024 · The Magdalene Laundries in Ireland were institutions run primarily by Catholic religious orders from the 18th to the late 20th century, where women and girls were sent to work, often under harsh conditions.

  5. This space aims to provide the public with virtual access to former Magdalene laundry sites. Magdalene laundries were institutions for women where human rights abuses occurred. Ten such institutions existed in the Republic of Ireland (not including those in Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom).

  6. 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.

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  8. Oct 2, 2017 · This week, Jo Thor (New College, Edinburgh) examines nineteenth century Magdalene Laundries and Asylums across the four nations. It is well known that the scholarship of British history has been dominated for a long time by analysis and narrative of English history.

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