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Aug 28, 2023 · In 2014, horror ensued when it was claimed that a mass grave of around 800 babies had been found, with it being alleged that bodies had been discovered in an old septic tank in County Galway,...
- 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 10, 2005 · Every week, Kathy O'Beirne remembers the women who lost their lives in Magdalene Laundries at a mass grave in Glasnevin Cemetery. Many of these women continue to be buried in mass graves...
Jun 2, 2018 · Horror years. Her time there and in other institutions had been “horror years”, she says. “The nuns took my childhood.” Today she is just 40 – unusually young for a former Magdalen resident –...
- Deirdre Falvey
Aug 31, 2023 · Popular 2013 film Philomena, starring Judi Dench, is based on the true story of Philomena Lee, who was forced to give up her son and sent to a laundry; later, she embarks on a search to find him.
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Aug 30, 2023 · Ireland’s cruel religious institutions — named after the Biblical figure Mary Magdalene — are now the subject of BBC One drama Woman In The Wall, starring Ruth Wilson and Daryl McCormack. It...
