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Louise Brangan: Inside Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries

The Women's Podcast by The Irish Times Women's Podcast

Jul 16, 202650:50Society & Culture

Throughout the 20th century in Ireland, thousands of women and girls were sent to work in Magdalene Laundries all across the country. By 1951, for every 100,000 women in Ireland, 70 were locked away in a laundry, spendin...

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Louise Brangan: Inside Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries is an episode from The Women's Podcast by The Irish Times Women's Podcast. Throughout the 20th century in Ireland, thousands of women and girls were sent to work in Magdalene Laundries al...

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Published Jul 16, 2026, 50:50 long, audio available.