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anyone know the name of the film about unmarried mothers in Ireland living in a convent and having their babies taken away for adoption during the last centuries?
I think it was BBC, could be another movie channel, not sure. I think it may have been shown during the past year or so.
I think it was BBC, could be another movie channel, not sure. I think it may have been shown during the past year or so.
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Whatvever, if it's not, try to see it, brilliant film. This was shown on the four platform.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318411/
Whatvever, if it's not, try to see it, brilliant film. This was shown on the four platform.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318411/
and as a point of interest the Irish government has still never apologised for these 'launderies'
when an excavation happened in Dublin on the site of one of these places the nuns who lived at this particular convent denied the existence of the laundery and 'had no knowledge' of the many bodies found buried on the site.
isn't religion wonderful?
when an excavation happened in Dublin on the site of one of these places the nuns who lived at this particular convent denied the existence of the laundery and 'had no knowledge' of the many bodies found buried on the site.
isn't religion wonderful?
the Magdalene Sisters was a cinema-released movie, there was a BBC one called Sinners about a year previous (and was far superior, even though some of the actresses were in both)
China - sorry to disagree - the last one didn't close in the 60s. The last one actually closed in 1996.
Here's a reprinted Irish Times article from then
http://www.alliancesupport.org/news/archives/0 01939.html
In fact, some of the women are so institutionalized that they remain in care homes.
China - sorry to disagree - the last one didn't close in the 60s. The last one actually closed in 1996.
Here's a reprinted Irish Times article from then
http://www.alliancesupport.org/news/archives/0 01939.html
In fact, some of the women are so institutionalized that they remain in care homes.