Search Results for 'Mary Magdalene'
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Sadness at passing of playwright who shed light on Magdalene Laundry horrors
The funeral takes place tomorrow in the city of the celebrated artist, playwright, novelist and poet, Patricia Burke Brogan who passed away in Castlegar Nursing Home earlier this week.
COPE to remember Magdalene women as part of laundry renovation
A special project to remember the Magdalene Laundry women will be undertaken as part of the renovations of the convent building in Forster Street.
A Room With No View - plays that probe mental illness
New drama yet again graces the Town Hall studio next week when A Room With No View receives its premiere. Comprising two one-act plays with an interweaving story line, A Room With No View highlights the misunderstood condition of mental illness in Irish society.
Of Magdalenes and poets
IT IS difficult for an increasing section of the Irish population to visualise the utter power wielded by the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland prior to the mid-sixties. The law of the State was dictated, not by the taoiseach and ministers in Dáil Éireann, but by the bishops and priests from the pulpit.
Statutory inquiry into mother and baby homes must have “full powers”, say campaign groups
A statutory inquiry into all mother and baby homes must have “full powers” to compel witnesses and secure documentary evidence, particularly against religious orders, that is according to Justice for the Tuam Babies.
More than €1 million provided for major new women’s refuge
Funding of more than €1 million has been secured for a new women’s refuge in Forster Street on the site of a former Magdalene Laundry.
Eclipsed and the world of the Magdalen Laundry
GALWAY THEATREGOERS are in for a treat next week with a new staging of Patricia Burke Brogan’s Eclipsed from Mephisto Theatre Company.
The Magdalen Asylum, Galway
The Magdalen Asylum in Galway was founded in 1824 by a private person, Ms Lynch, and was managed by a society known as the Association of Ladies of the Saint Magdalen Society. At the request of the founder, the Sisters of Mercy became responsible for the operation of the institution following her death in 1845. The laundry and living quarters were separate from the convent/mother house in Galway. The living quarters included three dormitories, a kitchen, dining room, infirmary, recreation room, and a chapel. There was also a farm across the road.
Eclipsed and the world of the Magdalene Laundries
THE DIFFERING reactions to the Magdalene Laundries over the years have been mirrored in the responses to Patricia Burke Brogan’s Eclipsed, which will have a staged reading in Galway next week.
Vigil for Galway Magdalene women
A memorial vigil in honour of the women who were in the Mercy Magdalene Laundry in Galway city takes place this Sunday.
