Magdalene Laundries Media

Mary McAuliffe of UCD Womens Studies Department speaks eloquently on the Magdalene Laundries at the 2010 Feminist Walking Tour

JFM committee member Mari Steed and Cork filmmaker Steven O'Riordan (The Forgotten Maggies) on Irish Radio Network NY, 1 October, 2009

Netherlands Radioatelier radio documentary by journalist Ruth Hopkins

   Transcript of Radioatelier documentary

Ireland's Magdalen Laundries and the Nation's Architecture of Containment by James Smith

U.S. Artist Cheryl Parry's beautiful The Magdalene Laundry (2007) exhibit

Before Roe v. Wade Ruling, Tragedy Wasn't Only for Those Who Died

Paddy's God Squad—States of Fear and Other Collected Articles/Links

Last Days of a Laundry
by Gary Culliton

Peter Mullan's Award-winning Film: 'The Magdalene Sisters'

Glasgow, Scotland Library Acquisition
Glasgow Magdalene Institution 5th Annual Report, 1865

Reviewed Movies
In-depth review of 'The Magdalene Sisters', well-researched and resourced.

The Magdalene Laundry
CBS News Sunday Morning review Mullan's film and explores the subject of the laundries.

The Internet Encyclopedia
Online reference source on the Magdalene Laundries

A Very Irish Sort of Hell
5 April 2003 Interview with Mary Norris in the Sunday Telegraph

Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
American Sisters of Mercy address questions relative to the Laundries on their website.

CruxNews.com
Review of 'The Magdalene Sisters' and comprehensive discussion on the Laundries.

Catholics for Choice Website
Catholics for Choice Review of 'The Magdalene Sisters' and comprehensive discussion on the Laundries.

The Magdalene Sisters: Women's Oppression and the Irish Clericalist State
Reprinted from Women and Revolution pages of Workers Vanguard No. 804, 23 May 2003.

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