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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Magdalene_Laundries_in_IrelandMagdalene Laundries in Ireland - Wikipedia

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   Irish Magdalene Laundry, c. early 1900s. The Magdalene Laundries in Ireland, also known as Magdalene asylums, were institutions usually run by Roman Catholic orders, which operated from the 18th to the late 20th centuries.

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     Sinners / The Magdalen Laundry (2002)

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     The Case of Irelands Magdalene Laundries | S01E01: Synopsis 2023 #truecrime #truecrimedocumentary

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3. www.britannica.com › topic › Magdalene-laundryMagdalene laundry | Ireland, Survivors, & Facts | Britannica

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   Magdalene laundry, an institution in which women and girls were made to perform unpaid laundry work, sewing, cleaning, and cooking as penitence for violating moral codes. Such institutions existed in Europe, North America, and Australia between the 18th and 20th centuries and were often overseen by.

4. www.bbc.com › news › world-europe-21345995Magdalene Laundries: Survivor stories - BBC News

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   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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6. inews.co.uk › culture › magdalene-laundries-abuseThe Magdalene Laundries abuse: True story behind BBC's The ...

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   Sep 7, 2023 · The Woman in the Wall is a gothic thriller based on the fictional story of Lorna Brady, who investigates the death of a woman in her house and uncovers the dark past of the Magdalene Laundries. The Magdalene Laundries were religious institutions in Ireland that confined and abused women and girls for centuries.

7. www.history.com › news › magdalene-laundry-irelandHow Ireland Turned 'Fallen Women' Into Slaves | HISTORY

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   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 ...

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8. www.bbc.co.uk › news › entertainment-arts-66376157The Woman in the Wall: Ruth Wilson drama examines Magdalene ...

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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...

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   What were the Magdalene Laundries?

   • The Magdalene laundries were institutions set up and operated by religious communities in Ireland, with the support of the state, initially for “fallen women”, primarily sex workers. This was later expanded to include unmarried mothers, abused girls, petty criminals and women with mental health conditions.

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   What were the Magdalene Laundries in Ireland?

   • The Magdalene Laundries in Ireland, also known as Magdalene asylums, were institutions usually run by Roman Catholic orders, which operated from the 18th to the late 20th centuries. They were run ostensibly to house "fallen women", an estimated 30,000 of whom were confined in these institutions in Ireland.

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   Is there a play about the Magdalene laundry?

   • The Quane's Laundry, a play about the Magdalene laundries, is set in Dublin in 1900 and written by Imelda Murphy in 2007. Sinners (2002), TV movie. Director Aisling Walsh, writer Lizzie Mickery, editor Scott Howard Thomas. Laundry (2011), a play by ANU Productions, directed by Louise Lowe.

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   Where can I find a book about the Magdalen laundry?

   • Dublin: New Island. ISBN 1-874597-83-9. Smith, James M (2007). Ireland's Magdalen Laundries and the Nation's Architecture of Containment. Manchester: Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-7888-0. Parrot, Andrea; Nina Cummings (2006). Forsaken Females: The Global Brutalization of Women. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield.

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   Who started the Magdalene laundry?

   • In Ireland the first Magdalene laundry was founded in Dublin in 1765 by Lady Arabella Denny, a philanthropist. It was solely for young Protestant women who had worked as prostitutes or were destitute. They received two years of shelter and training, after which they were discharged to find employment as servants.

   Magdalene laundry | Ireland, Survivors, & Facts | Britannica

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   What happened at Magdalene laundry?

   • The interior of the now derelict Sisters of Our Lady of Charity Magdalene Laundry on Sean McDermott St in Dublin’s north inner city on the day of The Irish Government apologized to the thousands of women locked up in Catholic-run workhouses known as Magdalene laundries between 1922 and 1996. (Photo by Julien Behal/PA Images via Getty Images)

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10. www.irishtimes.com › news › magdalen-laundries-aMagdalen laundries: a brief history of the institutions

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    Jun 11, 2011 · The first Magdalen laundry opened on Dublin’s Leeson Street in 1767. After the Famine, four female Catholic religious congregations came to dominate the running of the laundries.