Magdalene laundry: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Magdalene refuge • Magdalene asylum • Magdalene penitentiary • Magdalen laundry

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Our Lady of Charity Magdalene laundry site, Dublin

A group of women and men stand outside Leinster House in Dublin holding a banner reading Magdalene Survivors Together, Fighting for Justice.

Magdalene laundry victims burial plot

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