A DUBLIN MAGDALENE LAUNDRY DONNYBROOK AND CHURCH–STATE POWER IN IRELAND

MARK COEN, KATHERINE O’DONNELL and MAEVE O’ROURKE Bloomsbury ISBN 9781350279063 £19.99 Reviewed by Sheila Ahern Sheila Ahern is a freelance researcher, writer and broadcaster, formerly with RTÉ (1987–2000). In the twentieth century there were ten Magdalene laundries in Ireland, run by four religious orders. Here the editors explain that ‘by focusing on this one institution—on ... Read more

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