There are 11 pages of this stuff in the 1904 Thom's Directory (still looking for the 1916 one, if anyone has a line to one) #MagdalenLaundries

"The mother superior of the Donnybrook [Magdalen Laundry] in the late 1950s was Mother Senan Mulcahy, whose brother Richard was Fine Gael leader and a government minister" https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/03/04/a-magdalene-laundry-and-its-clients-holles-street-fitzwilliam-tennis-club-captain-americas/ #MagdalenLaundries

Kein Wort zu viel! Sehr gut!
Ein erschütternder Kurzroman, der die #MagdalenLaundries in Irland thematisiert.
Die Geschichte spielt in der Vorweihnachtszeit, ist aber auch sehr gut im Februar zu lesen 🙂 Anklänge an #Dickens und #ChristmasCarol.

If you do it to little children it's not torture, according to the UN Committee Against Torture https://www.thejournal.ie/elizabeth-coppin-un-committee-against-torture-verdict-5993916-Feb2023/ #MagdalenLaundries #Reformatories #Toddlers

@bookish_grace @bookstodon (In the days of the #MagdalenLaundries, for instance, it was extremely difficult for people to run #laundries that were non-exploitative #workplaces, because the #nuns had a #free #workforce - effectively they #controlled the #market

Fintan O'Toole: the State must seize the records of the religious orders pronto #Spiritans #MagdalenLaundries #Borstals #ChildAbuse https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2022/11/29/fintan-otoole-state-should-seize-the-records-of-religious-orders-without-delay/