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Magdalene laundries were part of a vast network of church-and-state institutions in 20th-century Ireland that included mother-and-baby homes and industrial schools. The former were institutions where unwed pregnant women lived and worked until their babies were born.
It closed in 1994 and was "Ireland's longest serving Mother and Baby Home." [ 7 ] Ireland's Catholic-run Magdalene asylums survived the longest, through to 1996. Ireland's Magdalene laundries were quietly supported by the state, and operated by religious communities for more than two hundred years.
Oct 5, 2021 · Were it not for the bravery of survivors, what happened in mother-and-baby homes and Magdalene Laundries would have largely remained hidden in history. But secrets have been shattered - and the...
Sep 30, 2012 · Samantha Long’s mother Margaret Bullen was placed in Gloucester Street (now Sean McDermott Street) Laundry c.1967 and died 35 years later, never having been released into society and her own home.
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. Their lives—and later their deaths—had been ...
Feb 5, 2013 · Money: Magdalene Laundries made very little money, says report. Compensation: SIPTU calls for financial compensation for Magdalene survivors. In numbers: The report into the State’s role in...
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Mar 4, 2023 · Magdalene laundries survivor recalls a childhood of relentless abuse and neglect. Kathleen King is still fighting at the age of 80, frustrated that the State redress scheme refuses to accept her...
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