The Magdalene Name Project

Justice for Magdalenes has compiled lists of women's names who died in the Magdalene Laundry at High Park Convent, Dublin and a gravesite located at St. Finbarr's cemetery, Cork (we will be adding additional gravesite names soon).

We have also compiled 1911 census data for many of the laundries; although, please note that in many cases very little data is supplied by the religious orders — for some laundries, only initials were supplied for the census (further reinforcing the societal notion that these women were not even "worthy" of a full name for the census). Names (where provided) are alphabetised. Visit the links below for each gravesite or relevant 1911 census data. If you recognize a name as that of a family member of lost loved one, please click on the name or e-mail us about a name to advise us.

If you think you may have lost a loved one to a Magdalene Laundry elsewhere in Ireland, please e-mail us and let us now the name, age (approximate), and Laundry where the individual was incarcerated.

Laundry	Gravesite Names	1911 Census Data	Gravesite Photos	Laundry Photos
High Park Convent Laundry, Dublin
St. Finbarr's Cemetery, Cork (Peacock Lane and other Cork laundries)
Good Shepherd Laundry, Mount St. Laurence Cemetery, Limerick
Mercy Laundry, Galway
Good Shepherd Laundry, New Ross, Wexford
35 Ballsbridge Terrace Laundry, Dublin (Protestant-run 'refuge')
DunLaoghaire Laundry, 12 Crofton Roat, Dublin
Donnybrook Laundry, 6 Floraville Road, Pembroke West, Dublin
Gloucester Street Laundry, No. 63 Gloucester Street Lower (buildings 63.1-2 were the nun's residence; 63.3-6 were the Magdalenes), Dublin
Good Shepherd Sundays Well Laundry, 1.1-1.5 Carrignaveigh (building 1.1 was the nuns' residence), Cork
Good Shepherd Waterford Laundry, 20.1-20.4 College Street (building 20.1 was the nuns' residence), Waterfordk
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