The horrors in Ireland now tackled by a new streaming series, an upcoming movie drama starring Cillian Murphy, plus songs by Sinead O'Connor and Joni Mitchell.
I first heard stories about the ML in the early 70's living in Amsterdam. I had a number of Irish expat friends and this is one of the horrors they told about the church in Ireland. I was already intensely anti from my early Catholic school days and it just cemented my slide into heathenisms.
Thanks for this. I've seen Philomena, which is excellent. Looking forward to Cillian Murphy being reuinted with Enda Walsh, who started his career with Disco Pigs. I have recently watched a few documentaries about the Magdalene Laundries and discovered another insitution of abuse along the way - The Industrial Schools. These were for poor and deprived/illegitimate children but were practically slave camps where very little real education took place. So they punished the children as well as the adult women - at least the ones they couldn't make money from selling for adoption. Usually like Ruth Wilson but found that particular series a bit melodramatic and perhaps exploitative in places.
I first heard stories about the ML in the early 70's living in Amsterdam. I had a number of Irish expat friends and this is one of the horrors they told about the church in Ireland. I was already intensely anti from my early Catholic school days and it just cemented my slide into heathenisms.
Thanks for this. I've seen Philomena, which is excellent. Looking forward to Cillian Murphy being reuinted with Enda Walsh, who started his career with Disco Pigs. I have recently watched a few documentaries about the Magdalene Laundries and discovered another insitution of abuse along the way - The Industrial Schools. These were for poor and deprived/illegitimate children but were practically slave camps where very little real education took place. So they punished the children as well as the adult women - at least the ones they couldn't make money from selling for adoption. Usually like Ruth Wilson but found that particular series a bit melodramatic and perhaps exploitative in places.
Horrendous misogyny.
Have never heard that Joni song before. Thanks for that.