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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.
Mar 12, 2018 · Inside were the bodies of scores of unknown women: the undocumented, uncared-about inmates of one of Ireland’s notorious Magdalene laundries.
Aug 30, 2020 · The imposing red-brick building, a former Magdalene laundry, stands on top of a hill overlooking the grounds surrounded by thick walls. Mary Gaffney, a woman made to work within that...
Jun 2, 2018 · Hundreds of Magdalene Laundries survivors will be honoured by the City of Dublin at the Mansion House on June 5th and 6th. Simon Harris: ‘I threw everything at this,’ says Minister for Health
- Deirdre Falvey
Sep 27, 2019 · More than 10,000 women and girls spent time in the laundries, which operated with the blessing of an unholy trinity of family, church and State.
Feb 5, 2013 · Two survivors of Ireland's Magdalene laundries have spoken of their experiences. Marina Gambold was taken to a laundry aged 16 by a priest. She remembers being forced to eat off the floor.
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Jun 6, 2018 · Irish President Michael D Higgins has apologised to thousands of women forced to work in the country's Magdalene Laundries. Hundreds turned out in Dublin to welcome home the Magdalene...
