Ireland and the Magdalene Laundries

by Claire McGettrick, James M. Smith, Mari Steed, Katherine O'Donnell, Maeve O'Rourke

"Between 1922 and 1996, over 10,000 girls and women were imprisoned in Magdalene Laundries, including those considered 'promiscuous', a burden to their families or the state, those who had been sex…