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Aug 23, 2023 · The series is set in the fictional Irish town of Kilkinure, where local women have been campaigning for the state to recognise that the convent was a former Magdalene Laundry.
Aug 23, 2023 · Ruth Wilson & Daryl McCormack on The Woman in the Wall: ‘Women’s bodies are often at the heart of oppression’. The new six-part BBC drama explores the infamous Magdalene Laundries and...
Aug 27, 2023 · The “it” to which Wilson is referring is the Magdalene laundries scandal, which saw at least 30,000 women incarcerated in institutions run by the Catholic Church across Ireland between 1922 and...
Aug 4, 2023 · The BBC and Showtime have released the first images for their upcoming co-production The Woman in the Wall, starring Ruth Wilson and Daryl McCormack.
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Jan 22, 2024 · Named for the biblical figure Mary Magdalene, who was traditionally considered to have been a fallen woman herself, they were described as laundries because the asylums were laundry and...
- Elizabeth Gregory
Aug 27, 2023 · The Woman in the Wall, starring Ruth Wilson and Daryl McCormack, puts the harrowing true story of the Magdalene laundries and "mother and baby homes" at the heart of its drama.
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Aug 23, 2023 · The Magdalene Laundries were back in the spotlight recently following the death of Irish singer Sinead O'Connor, who spent time in one of the former asylums as a teenager.