Do You Know Anyone Who Knows About The Magdalene Laundries?

[Yellow Doran]

If You know anything about the Magdalene Laundries Please tell me. Stories, websites (except wikipedia i have already seen it), books, youtube, myspace, facebook, movies pictures,descriptions. Any information at all. I am extremeley interested in what happened inside these places. If you dont have anything useful such as information or any of the above than please do not answer this question i seriously need this information, it just wastes my time to read posts like 'why would you want to know' or crude things i have gotten before such as ' f*** you, i am drunk, got to go pee' these are really not neccessary.

[gatita_63109]

Ireland has suffered a great many tragedies in her long history. There are those we hear of every day — the "Troubles," the great Famine — Irish sorrows and issues we are all familiar with. But hidden beneath the surface, lies a tragedy just as great, just as terrible and just as unimaginable. And it is only just beginning to break through to the light of truth.

It is the story of thousands of Ireland's women...judged "sinners" by the cruel Church-driven society of the 1800's through present day. Their crime? Bearing children out of wedlock...leaving abusive husbands or home situations. The punishment? A lifetime of "penitence" spent in the service of the Sisters of Charity, Mercy, Good Shepherd or other orders, performing domestic chores...harsh, thankless chores such as laundering prison uniforms, cooking, cleaning and caring for elderly nuns or their aging peers, still trapped behind the walls of Ireland's numerous convent laundries, industrial schools and the like.

They are "The Magdalenes," ironically called after Mary the Magdalene, who served her Jesus loyally and was rewarded with his forgiveness and love. No such rewards exist for these "penitents." They were told to forever hide their shame inside these walls, work under harsh, spartan conditions, driven unmercifully by the sisters and often abused by them as well. It is a story Ireland has every right to be ashamed of, which is perhaps why it has only come to light recently.

There is much more so I will list various web sites for you to read.

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