One (of the many things) that makes me so angry about the laundries is how the 'church' conveniently viewed women as 'lesser and inferior and wicked' which made it easier for them to shit on them for a profit. The very SAME thing the English did to the Irish for years. This is one of the reasons I walked away from the catholic church and never looked back. This woman is one of the many incredibly brave women that were enslaved at the laundries. Thank you for this story.
Exactly AND for centuries span the line oh we were looking after them families sent them to us as if they were kind , educating & compassionate. The reality was they used any excuse for slave labour working them all hours & not letting them have any hope . The children were sold or adopted away or died 😢
Winnie Wallace... Bless you Diane...And the gentleman who helped you find somewhere to stay and gave you that blessed halfcrown. My mother was from Ireland and had a life long hatered of Nuns. I realise now that what she also carried through life was a fear of them..Dealing out cruelty in the name of God, it's hard to believe.What monsters.
Such a beautiful woman with a lovely heart. So very shocking what she endured during her young life. I hope that she had a happy life thereafter, she deserved nothing less. I hope that the other young woman survived, how lovely it would be if they were reunited. Big hugs for you Diane. Your goodness shines through! xx
I am glad you had the courage and strength to run away from such a wicked environment run by so called Christian people. And I'm glad that you were met with the kindness of a stranger. And here you are!!
Wow she is beautiful! So glad she speaks about this. I lived in Dublin I know exactly what area she's talking about. How brave! If you haven't lived in Ireland you can't understand how bold she is to speak on this topic. If you know the song Tempted by Squeeze they mention the LAUNDRY ON THE HILL. It happened in the UK also.
Diane you look fabulous for your age ❤️thank you for sharing your story my husband’s grandmother was in these Magdalene laundry’s too she suffered from severe depression all her life
This brought tears to my eyes. The catholic church has committed so many crimes against humanity it is truly mind boggling. It is a wonder to me that anyone goes anywhere near them. My father spent 2 years in one of their orphanages in the early 1930s. I'm glad he didn't remember much of it. He left the church to marry my mother. Best thing he ever did for himself and especially for his kids. We can not forget what was done to these poor women and children. I am Canadian and we are all trying to come to terms with the residential schools that treated our First Nation's people the same way. It is an absolute disgrace. It truly breaks my heart.
Watching the brilliant series woman in a hole , highly recommended it’s showing the trauma of children being taken from innocent women & the abuse psychological physical lead to extreme trauma Also the truth of what went on …
When this lovely lady was on about putting the sheets through the calander my mother was watching this with me I ask her what it was she told me it was a big machine that you put the sheets through to press them as she spent four years in a covent From 69 to 74 in Manchester from the age of 12 till she was nearly 17
I would run too. Great women., she like many had to fight for their freedom but many were left broken. I am so glad that girls and boys get better education today and parents work hard for this. Don't forget the children who have no parents or are in trouble. The power that adults have over child is tremendous. Money talked then and still does. I think the whole Catholic Church should be charged for what they did, They are evil.
What’s brilliant on this series they show a elderly nun saying “ oh we took these girls in no one payed us “ hiding the fact that the girls worked ludicrous hours & the beatings for nothing eg as she said one mistake . So they had Slave Labour & took away there identity
Thank god for that kind gentleman. Diane, you are marvellous managing to run away. What society , in gods, name, thought it was OK to put a young girl to work in the laundries. I should say anyone in those laundries. These nuns will never be forgiven.
Stiil it is happening in America. I saw in my own eyes. Was very sad.story is same. I have proof. It is mind boggling that no matter what time and years. The story is same.
I know excatly what she is talking about when she mentiond the calander its a massive machine that presses out the sheets i have been there and done it i was in a convent most of the nuns were ok but the odd ones could be wicked with you if they got away with it but they never got away with trying to belt me i fought back and was put in a little room on my own for a day or two believe me they never came back for second helpings gave me a wide berth i got on very well with most of the sisters and i was lucky we got an education and had a lot of free time you only worked in the laundry if you were not going home for weekends or through the school hoildays i used to go home from mamchester once a month for a week end and through the summer we used to get four weeks at home aswell and christmas and easter i was home for those hoildays
The fact that those people and those 'companies' call themselves 'faithful' and do all this in the name of (supposedly) ethics is even more disgusting.
It is toooo incredible that it had still happened until recently- terrifying such cruelty in 20th century- in front of whoever of the World. Terrifying. Makes one so sad re nuns that were so terrifying shocking.
I'm a catholic and I'm angry with these evil nuns of course but we have good nuns who became saints. They also suffered from some evil nuns in the convent.
I'm sure the film I watched was were all the baby's were put up for adoption by the nuns without the mother's knowing about and all the baby's body's that were found in unmarked graves hidden in sewers ect should be agamed of there faith
What the film the Madeline sisters I what really hit was girls were sent there for being attractive, it showed a women who was so traumatised she shouted at the other girls because the literally beat the living daylights out of ppl
Many forget that the girls were PUT into the magdalenes by families.The nuns didn't come looking for them.Nobody talks about the fathers of these children and their part in their lives.Too easy to be critical of the nuns and the church.
I would like to no in 1944 to 1951 was this used as a school and some children would go home at the end of the day in Waterford lrland Im trying to find out because my late mother would not tell me anything about her life in lrland as a kid oniy that the nuns would hit her and the other children with like belts she died of dementia in 2016 her name back then was johanna and her last name was the same as x faxter judge louie the father s and nuns hav got to rip in the fire's of heil for what they did can anyone please let me know about what iv asked about
Some of those places had day pupils also , quiet possible that your Mum lived close by or something , the belts , long rulers and canes were common in my time at school , 60s, and 70s , the belts were mainly used in Boy's schools , Waterford Library might be your first port of call for direction to find information about the schools there in your Mum's time , some children were treated ok but others had terrible lives and in particular if they came from poorer , less prominent families, an open mind is necessary when researching because a lot of NGOs have jumped on the band wagon to deamonise that period of our history. Some women educated in Ireland in the past made very good respectable lives for themselves both here and in the UK. Best Wishes on your fact finding mission.
It still boggles my mind when I think of the Catholic organization as a body for good. There is so much evil tied to it under the guise of goodness. I would like to know who said priest should not marry. ‘It is not good for man to be alone.’ So they go after children. Ha! My mama wanted for me to be a nun!
The Church ran these places for profit, not just to defer the expenses of “feeding” and “educating” the young women. In fact the Irish state provided a per capital subsidy sufficient to keep them adequately, but the nuns skimmed so much that they lived like paupers. Every month a priest from the diocese arrived to collect the Church’s cut of revenue from the skim and the laundry contracts; he was typically entertained overnight in the Mother Superior upstairs.
They also profited greatly from the mother-and-baby homes they ran, which fed the laundries their human capital. The babies birthed there - and not all survived - were essentially sold to American Catholic couples in Boston and other eastern cities, the Church collecting a hefty “adoption fee” per head. In many cases the new moms were told their baby had died a-borning and had already been buried!
I was raised catholic and considered becoming a nun. Thank God I didn’t. I don’t understand how Catholicism still exists considering how much evil if contains.
So I believe in the days that this lady was in the magdalena laundries they frowned upon people who used or write with their left hand. My Aunt who wasn't in the laundries but in school she would have to sit with her left hand tied to her plait all day which was very long. Something to do with thev"Devil", what a load of rubbish. Thankfully this doesn't happen or at least I hope it doesn't.
What a kind man at the hotel who helped her find a place to stay and gave her money
Good Samaritan
One (of the many things) that makes me so angry about the laundries is how the 'church' conveniently viewed women as 'lesser and inferior and wicked' which made it easier for them to shit on them for a profit. The very SAME thing the English did to the Irish for years. This is one of the reasons I walked away from the catholic church and never looked back. This woman is one of the many incredibly brave women that were enslaved at the laundries. Thank you for this story.
Exactly AND for centuries span the line oh we were looking after them families sent them to us as if they were kind , educating & compassionate. The reality was they used any excuse for slave labour working them all hours & not letting them have any hope . The children were sold or adopted away or died 😢
And the men involved in the reason most girls were there in the first place got off Scott free! 😡
Where were the men, they got of Scott free. God bless all them women.
Thank god Diane and the other girl escaped! And for the lovely people who helped her. X
There is a film about this, it’s terrible what these young girls suffered.
What amazing courage and endurance. I hope she is enjoying life now.
What a wise, honest and practical woman. Thanks for sharing.
so glad you got away Diane!! Sounds like a workhouse for all the innocents!! What kind of ppl were these nuns anyways!!! Horrible
Winnie Wallace... Bless you Diane...And the gentleman who helped you find somewhere to stay and gave you that blessed halfcrown. My mother was from Ireland and had a life long hatered of Nuns. I realise now that what she also carried through life was a fear of them..Dealing out cruelty in the name of God, it's hard to believe.What monsters.
GUESS THAT WHATEVER DOESN'T KILL YOU, MAKES YOU STRONGER ... PRAISE ON HER.
Such a beautiful woman with a lovely heart. So very shocking what she endured during her young life. I hope that she had a happy life thereafter, she deserved nothing less. I hope that the other young woman survived, how lovely it would be if they were reunited. Big hugs for you Diane. Your goodness shines through! xx
Thanks so much for your lovely comments. She is a wonderful woman and yes she is happy and has a lovely family. That's all she wanted. xx
I do agree.
God bless her.
I am glad you had the courage and strength to run away from such a wicked environment run by so called Christian people. And I'm glad that you were met with the kindness of a stranger. And here you are!!
What a beautiful fresh woman❤
What an incredible Lady, I am glad you took that chance & ran , you are a beautiful strong woman ...thank you for sharing your story ..🇨🇦
What a beautiful lady, a slave for evil nuns and priests. God bless her x
Wow she is beautiful! So glad she speaks about this.
I lived in Dublin I know exactly what area she's talking about.
How brave! If you haven't lived in Ireland you can't understand how bold she is to speak on this topic.
If you know the song Tempted by Squeeze they mention the LAUNDRY ON THE HILL. It happened in the UK also.
Wow! You look AMAZING!!😍 EWWWWW! This is so cruel. I’m so sorry sweetheart. This is absolutely horrible!!🥺😰
What a beautiful lady! I hope her and the other girl were able to meet and learn each others name!!
Diane you look fabulous for your age ❤️thank you for sharing your story my husband’s grandmother was in these Magdalene laundry’s too she suffered from severe depression all her life
This brought tears to my eyes. The catholic church has committed so many crimes against humanity it is truly mind boggling. It is a wonder to me that anyone goes anywhere near them. My father spent 2 years in one of their orphanages in the early 1930s. I'm glad he didn't remember much of it. He left the church to marry my mother. Best thing he ever did for himself and especially for his kids. We can not forget what was done to these poor women and children. I am Canadian and we are all trying to come to terms with the residential schools that treated our First Nation's people the same way. It is an absolute disgrace. It truly breaks my heart.
I wish the narration was at the same volume as the woman being interviewed
Such a lovely lady remember her so well living in Coolock , she had such a hard life I wish her all the happiness in the world she totally deserves
Mandy Daly she is so lovely, yes. I’ll tell her you passed on best wishes. Thanks so much
Stay With Me Art Show Yes please do tell her my full name she’ll know then Mandy Brunton Daly , many thanks
Mandy Daly no problem at all
May GOD Richly Bless You Diane You're Such An Inspiration And An HEROINE For People Around The World!💖💖💖🙏🙏🙏🇨🇦🇮🇱♾️🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🗽🦅‼️
My God Diane looks fantastic
Yes she's great!
Sometimes, not always,men can have more compassion and understanding than women.
Watching the brilliant series woman in a hole , highly recommended it’s showing the trauma of children being taken from innocent women & the abuse psychological physical lead to extreme trauma Also the truth of what went on …
Hello where can you watch that series Woman in a hole.
Many Blessings ❤
When this lovely lady was on about putting the sheets through the calander my mother was watching this with me I ask her what it was she told me it was a big machine that you put the sheets through to press them as she spent four years in a covent From 69 to 74 in Manchester from the age of 12 till she was nearly 17
Your story is amazing, an inspiration xxxx🥰 your so strong and brave
I would run too. Great women., she like many had to fight for their freedom but many were left broken. I am so glad that girls and boys get better education today and parents work hard for this. Don't forget the children who have no parents or are in trouble. The power that adults have over child is tremendous. Money talked then and still does. I think the whole Catholic Church should be charged for what they did, They are evil.
What’s brilliant on this series they show a elderly nun saying “ oh we took these girls in no one payed us “ hiding the fact that the girls worked ludicrous hours & the beatings for nothing eg as she said one mistake . So they had Slave Labour & took away there identity
I’m delighted they never bothered to look for you hope you had a happy life 💞🌹
Thank god for that kind gentleman. Diane, you are marvellous managing to run away. What society , in gods, name, thought it was OK to put a young girl to work in the laundries. I should say anyone in those laundries. These nuns will never be forgiven.
Good on you 2 x
Those places were violations of human rights
Stiil it is happening in America. I saw in my own eyes. Was very sad.story is same. I have proof. It is mind boggling that no matter what time and years. The story is same.
No respect to human life. Let us see, how far we go as a human. Money power and control. !!! ?
Them nuns were so evil and the priest, she is a very kind and forgiving person I doubt if I could For ever forgive.
I know excatly what she is talking about when she mentiond the calander its a massive machine that presses out the sheets i have been there and done it i was in a convent most of the nuns were ok but the odd ones could be wicked with you if they got away with it but they never got away with trying to belt me i fought back and was put in a little room on my own for a day or two believe me they never came back for second helpings gave me a wide berth i got on very well with most of the sisters and i was lucky we got an education and had a lot of free time you only worked in the laundry if you were not going home for weekends or through the school hoildays i used to go home from mamchester once a month for a week end and through the summer we used to get four weeks at home aswell and christmas and easter i was home for those hoildays
Those hideous laundries are blight on the history of Ireland.
Why would her mama leave her....she probably endured so much in the foster home too. So little. 8 years old.
She probably had no way to take care of her
The fact that those people and those 'companies' call themselves 'faithful' and do all this in the name of (supposedly) ethics is even more disgusting.
So sad poor woman and all the others such a travesty
It is toooo incredible that it had still happened until recently- terrifying such cruelty in 20th century- in front of whoever of the World. Terrifying. Makes one so sad re nuns that were so terrifying shocking.
Wicked evil nuns to treat a child like that 😢
God bless this brave woman ❤😂xxx
I know the story from a Joni Mitchell song & then I found this story. So very sad.
I'm a catholic and I'm angry with these evil nuns of course but we have good nuns who became saints. They also suffered from some evil nuns in the convent.
Evil beyond belief
AAAAAMEN🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌸
Priests too!🙏♥️
I'm also a Catholic and I agree with you. But even today there are vile Nuns and Priests. We all know it. 😢
Parents also must share responsibility. Evil is a terrible word
She was extremely lucky.... considering the circumstances of course....
It's disgusting how there's people were treated I'm sure I have read books about this it's heartbreaking disgusting faith xxx
I'm sure the film I watched was were all the baby's were put up for adoption by the nuns without the mother's knowing about and all the baby's body's that were found in unmarked graves hidden in sewers ect should be agamed of there faith
What the film the Madeline sisters I what really hit was girls were sent there for being attractive, it showed a women who was so traumatised she shouted at the other girls because the literally beat the living daylights out of ppl
Shocking. Makes me mad. Catholic Ireland my back side. Any wonder the churches are empty. And don’t get me started on some priests. 😖
heartbreaking
Never,dear god,let me child be kept away and left without a mother's protection forever.😢
Where were your parents who were such GOOD Catholics to help, you were shoved away at the mercy of these demons,
Many forget that the girls were PUT into the magdalenes by families.The nuns didn't come looking for them.Nobody talks about the fathers of these children and their part in their lives.Too easy to be critical of the nuns and the church.
Please tell me you are not stupid enough to take the side of the evil nuns 😮
Long story short. America is still help people. No matter u illegal or legal.
💥💜💥
bonjour dommage qu'il n'y est pas de version sous-titré en français😥
How horrible!
The Catholic Church 😡there is a hell waiting for most of these nuns and priests ( yes they were not all bad but most of them were )
I would like to no in 1944 to 1951 was this used as a school and some children would go home at the end of the day in Waterford lrland Im trying to find out because my late mother would not tell me anything about her life in lrland as a kid oniy that the nuns would hit her and the other children with like belts she died of dementia in 2016 her name back then was johanna and her last name was the same as x faxter judge louie the father s and nuns hav got to rip in the fire's of heil for what they did can anyone please let me know about what iv asked about
Some of those places had day pupils also , quiet possible that your Mum lived close by or something , the belts , long rulers and canes were common in my time at school , 60s, and 70s , the belts were mainly used in Boy's schools , Waterford Library might be your first port of call for direction to find information about the schools there in your Mum's time , some children were treated ok but others had terrible lives and in particular if they came from poorer , less prominent families, an open mind is necessary when researching because a lot of NGOs have jumped on the band wagon to deamonise that period of our history. Some women educated in Ireland in the past made very good respectable lives for themselves both here and in the UK. Best Wishes on your fact finding mission.
@rozdoyle8872 thank you
It still boggles my mind when I think of the Catholic organization as a body for good. There is so much evil tied to it under the guise of goodness. I would like to know who said priest should not marry. ‘It is not good for man to be alone.’ So they go after children. Ha! My mama wanted for me to be a nun!
Women can be very vicious to each other and then moan when they don't have more rights.
The only consolation is when these evil nuns died, they went to hell.
Who was the laundry for?
It was a business the nuns ran
The Church ran these places for profit, not just to defer the expenses of “feeding” and “educating” the young women. In fact the Irish state provided a per capital subsidy sufficient to keep them adequately, but the nuns skimmed so much that they lived like paupers. Every month a priest from the diocese arrived to collect the Church’s cut of revenue from the skim and the laundry contracts; he was typically entertained overnight in the Mother Superior upstairs.
They also profited greatly from the mother-and-baby homes they ran, which fed the laundries their human capital. The babies birthed there - and not all survived - were essentially sold to American Catholic couples in Boston and other eastern cities, the Church collecting a hefty “adoption fee” per head. In many cases the new moms were told their baby had died a-borning and had already been buried!
Anyone ever asked why it was called Magdalene? Probably because Mary Magdalene would have opened the door for them all.
I was raised catholic and considered becoming a nun. Thank God I didn’t. I don’t understand how Catholicism still exists considering how much evil if contains.
So I believe in the days that this lady was in the magdalena laundries they frowned upon people who used or write with their left hand. My Aunt who wasn't in the laundries but in school she would have to sit with her left hand tied to her plait all day which was very long. Something to do with thev"Devil", what a load of rubbish. Thankfully this doesn't happen or at least I hope it doesn't.
Terrible evil nuns I had same
A cult using God's name ,,,, shame on these people who did this to you
Gotta love religion 😂😂😂😂