The last Magdalen Asylum in Ireland closed on September 25, 1996. - TopicsExpress



          

The last Magdalen Asylum in Ireland closed on September 25, 1996. The existence of the Magdalen asylums was little thought of until, in 1993, when an order of nuns in Dublin sold part of their convent to a real estate developer. The remains of 155 inmates buried in unmarked graves were discovered, and exhumed. All except for one body were cremated and reburied in a mass grave. This triggered a public scandal and became national news in 1999.
Posted on: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 22:26:50 +0000

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