Magdalene laundries?

Question

Can anyone suggest a website i can go on with pictures and first hand accounts of what it was like in the magdalene laundries in Ireland, or know of any books i can get ( im in the UK ). Many thanks

Answer 1

Try this site to get you started.

http://www.netreach.net/~steed/magdalen....

Answer 2

There is this film

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318411/

This book which is really, really good and I got the paperback from Tescos for about £3

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dont-Ever-Tell-C...

And these sites

http://www.magdalenelaundries.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalen_As...

http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/mon...

Answer 3

here, i searched for it and got loads of results!!!

http://uk.search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A...

Answer 4

Just one more example of the Catholic church's hatred of women, oppression of women and repression of women.  How could any rational woman take part in this misogynistic and outdated religious organization!  I could not.

Answer 5

there is a film about it. seen it once but couldn't tell you whos in it.

Answer 6

Hi, Dont know of any books as such but there was a film released in the past few years called "The Magdalen Sisters". Quite graphic if you havent seen it. I am sure you will have access to other sources from there. If you cant get the film in the UK, email me at [e-mail] and I will get one for you. PS thats Letter "o" between the y and the 8 - as opposed to a zero.

Answer 7

hi , id have to agree with what Orla C said, she is spot on and there would be no point in me repeating either, yes the good shepherd convent was probably the last  to close down.

Answer 8

the book was good and the vidio i got was being sold cheap in a blocbuster vidio rentals they were selling them for £2.00 if you go into a store and ask them if they could order you one,it was on the telly a couple of weeks ago it doesn't show you all,iff it comes on again i will let yahoo answers know.

Answer 9

Let's all dance "Magarena"!

Answer 10

Most of the other answerers have given excellent answers, so I won't repeat what they have said.

However, you might like to visit a former Magdalen laundry, and there is one in Limerick, the old Good Shepherd Convent. It's now part of a college, and the old church is used as an exhibition space.

Answer 11

I'd recommend the books: Do Penance or Perish by Frances Finnigan and The Magdalen Manuscript by Tom Kenyon.

Also the website http://www.netreach.net/~steed/magdalen....

Answer 12

Have you seen the movie, "The Magdalene Sisters" ? It is a very moving film about the laundries. The last one In Ireland closed down in the 90's .The American d.v.d included a documentary featuring women , who actually worked in them.I am a Catholic but the Laundries are another blight on the history of the church. I don't know if the church ever apologized to the women , who suffered horribly in them. Definitely watch the movie, it is heartbreaking !!!