DocArchive (1990): Close The Door

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The story of the "fallen women" who spent most of their lives in the old Magdalene home and laundry, the Convent of Our Lady of Refuge on Lower Sean MacDermott Street, Dublin. At the height of its productivity 150 women worked in this laundry. They were largely forgotten by the outside world. (First Broadcast 1990)

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