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Book SynopsisTowards the end of the 20th century, the decades of abuse and neglect perpetrated in Ireland''s comprehensive carceral network began finally to be exposed. The mistreatment endured by children and others on the margins of Irish society, notably women, in these orphanages, reformatory schools, industrial schools, psychiatric hospitals, County Homes, Mother and Baby Homes, adoption agencies and Magdalene Laundries now attracts increasing investigation and scholarship. Bringing together contributions from leading experts across a broad range of disciplines, including history, philosophy, law, archaeology, criminology, accounting and architecture, this book offers a comprehensive exploration of the Magdalene system through a close study of Donnybrook Magdalene Laundry in Dublin. To date, the Justice for Magdalenes Research group has recorded the names of 315 women and girls who died at Donnybrook Magdalene Laundry. By focusing on this one institutionon its ethos, development, operation a
Trade ReviewOne of the remarkable achievements of this book is the amount of detail that the writers managed to gather without access to the archives of the Religious Sisters of Charity […] through [the writers’] work, the voice of survivors of the institution is given the prominence and respect it deserves * History Ireland *
Table of ContentsIntroduction – Mark Coen, Katherine O’Donnell, Maeve O’Rourke
Political, Cultural and Social Contexts of Donnybrook Magdalene Laundry 1.
The Religious Sisters of Charity: Origins, Development and Controversies, Mark Coen
Donnybrook 2.
Magdalene Asylum and the Priorities of a Nation: A History of Respectability, Lindsey Earner-Byrne 3. ‘
Cheap in the End’: A History of Donnybrook Magdalene Laundry, Mark Coen 4.
‘Magdalene’ Testimony from the Donnybrook Laundry, Katherine O’Donnell
Social, Commercial and Legal Significance of Donnybrook Magdalene Laundry 5.
Designing Donnybrook: Conceiving Ireland’s ‘Architecture of Containment’, Chris Hamill 6.
‘Benefactors and Friends’: Charitable Bequests, Reparation and the Donnybrook Laundry, Máiréad Enright 7.
Accounting at the Donnybrook Magdalene Laundry, Brid Murphy and Martin Quinn 8.
‘Women of Evil Life’: Donnybrook Magdalene and the Criminal Justice System, Lynsey Black
Heritage and Memory 9.
Contemporary Archaeology and Donnybrook Magdalene Laundry: Working with the Material Remnants of an Institutionalised Recent Past, Laura McAtackney 10.
The Material Evidence of Donnybrook Magdalene Laundry (i) Museum Display and Interpretation as an act of Social Justice, Brenda Malone (ii) Archival Legacies, Barry Houlihan 11.
Guerrilla Archive: Donnybrook and the Magdalene Names Project, Claire McGettrick
