Context (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
📚Flashcards
Practise the cards
13 cards from this deck
ShowHide
Practise the cards
13 cards from this deck
Magdalen laundries
Magdalen laundries
Church-run facilities that imprisoned & exploited 'fallen' women
Origin of 'Magdalen' name
Origin of 'Magdalen' name
Mary Magdalene, biblical figure seen as repentant prostitute
Types of women in Magdalen laundries
Types of women in Magdalen laundries
Unmarried mothers, impoverished girls, those deemed too bold
First Irish Magdalen laundry location & year
First Irish Magdalen laundry location & year
Dublin, 1767 (Anglican Church, for Protestant women)
Conditions in Magdalen laundries
Conditions in Magdalen laundries
Forced unpaid labour, neglect, and abuse
Fate of babies of unmarried mothers
Fate of babies of unmarried mothers
Taken & adopted out, often internationally, without consent
Tuam, Co. Galway mass grave
Tuam, Co. Galway mass grave
Contained over 800 babies and children
Catholic Church's control in Ireland
Catholic Church's control in Ireland
Education, healthcare, and social institutions
Who is Furlong?
Who is Furlong?
Son of unmarried mother who empathises with girls' suffering
Who is Sarah Redmond?
Who is Sarah Redmond?
Girl discovered by Furlong in the convent
Year the novel is set
Year the novel is set
1985
Keegan's critique
Keegan's critique
Societal silence and complicity
2022 Irish govt plan re: Magdalen laundries
2022 Irish govt plan re: Magdalen laundries
National Centre for Research and Remembrance