Between circa 1765 and 1996, Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries operated under religious orders like the Sisters of Mercy and the Good Shepherd. Women labeled as “fallen” — unwed mothers, orphans, and the poor — were confined in convents across Dublin, Cork, and Galway. They washed linen for hotels and hospitals, unpaid, under strict discipline. In 1993, a Dublin convent sale revealed 155 unmarked graves, exposing decades of abuse. The 2014 Tuam discovery of 796 children’s remains deepened the outcry

Between circa 1765 and 1996, Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries operated under religious orders like the Sisters of Mercy and the Good Shepherd. Women labeled as “fallen” — unwed mothers, orphans, and the poor — were confined in convents across Dublin, Cork, and Galway. They washed linen for hotels and hospitals, unpaid, under strict discipline. In 1993, a Dublin convent sale revealed 155 unmarked graves, exposing decades of abuse. The 2014 Tuam discovery of 796 children’s remains deepened the outcry