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   Why was Kathy sent to a Magdalen laundry?

   • At the age of twelve, Kathy was sent to a Magdalen laundry. These notorious workhouses operated in Ireland throughout the twentieth century and during that time thousands of young girls, some orphans, some pregnant and some considered 'at risk' in the community, were forced to slave in horrendous conditions.

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   Where can I Buy Kathy's story a childhood hell inside the Magdalen laundries?

   • Sad story and hearbreaking to think of how many innocent children had to endure such cruelty and abuse enjoyed reading it,learnt a lot Buy Kathy's Story: A Childhood Hell Inside the Magdalen Laundries First Edition by Kathy O'Beirne (ISBN: 9781840189681) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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   What books are in Dublin Magdalene laundry?

   • On the literary end are Emer Martin’s novel The Cruelty Men and Claire Keegan’s novella Small Things Like These. On the academic side is a new collection of essays, A Dublin Magdalene Laundry: Donnybrook and Church-State Power in Ireland, edited by Mark Coen, Katherine O’Donnell and Maeve O’Rourke.

   Three new books expose the shameful history of Ireland’s Magdalene

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   Why did the Magdalene Laundries need public money?

   • Instead public money went to the orders to maintain them within institutions. When in around the 1970s the Magdalene laundries struggled to remain economically viable, the religious congregations requested that the State fund them to keep ageing women and women with disabilities in the institutions.

   Mary’s story: The Magdalene laundry survivor who still lives there

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   Should Magdalene laundry testimonies be remembered?

   • Magdalene laundry testimonies will never make for comfortable reading, but this one is a particularly stark reminder of why the institutions’ poisonous legacy must always be remembered.’ --Andrew Lynch, Sunday Business Post Maureen Sullivan grew up in Carlow town.

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   Why did Magdalene laundry pay 45 women a week?

   • In a letter to the Department of Health in the 1970s, the sister in charge of another Magdalene Laundry in Dublin said that the local health board was paying per week “in respect of 45 unemployable and mentally handicapped women”.

   Mary’s story: The Magdalene laundry survivor who still lives there

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2. www.amazon.co.uk › Girl-Tunnel-Survivor-MagdaleneGirl in the Tunnel: My Story of Love and Loss as a Survivor ...

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   Apr 1, 2023 · Girl in the Tunnel: My Story of Love and Loss as a Survivor of the Magdalene Laundries. Paperback – 1 April 2023. When Maureen Sullivan was just twelve years old, she confided in her teacher that she was being physically and sexually abused by her stepfather.

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   The book chronicles Kathy's experiences at the hands of Religious Reform schools and later the Magdalen Laundries, and the awful abuse that she and many other children suffered. She discusses the legacy that this has left in Ireland - mental hospitals full of women who became so disturbed and institutionalised by the schools and laundries, that ...

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   Sep 14, 2023 · In recent years, several books have attempted to piece together what really happened behind the doors of power in Ireland's Magdalene laundries, including Emer Martin’s novel 'The Cruelty Men...

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   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 laundry...

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   Apr 25, 2023 · Girl In The Tunnel is a memoir of Maureen Sullivan, a survivor of the Magdalene Laundries, a system of institutions run by Catholic nuns in Ireland that exploited and abused thousands of women and girls for decades.

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9. www.nytimes.com › 2021/11/30 › booksThe Horrors of Irish Magdalene Laundries, Revisited

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   Nov 30, 2021 · Claire Keegan’s “Small Things Like These” uncovers the Catholic Church’s centuries-long conspiracy to imprison, abuse and even murder “fallen women” and their children.

10. www.amazon.co.uk › Magdalen-Laundries-novel-basedThe Magdalen Laundries: a novel... by Odgaard, Lisa Michelle

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    Set in Ireland in 1961, The Magdalen Laundries is based on the true stories from one of the most shameful chapters in Ireland's history, and tells of the redemptive power of faith, friendship and forgiveness.

    • Author: Lisa Michelle Odgaard