IRELAND
Irish Examiner
By Conall Ó Fátharta
Irish Examiner Reporter
Just 33 out of 187 Magdalene women listed on the headstone for High Park laundry in Glasnevin Cemetery are actually buried at that location, a study claims.
The revelation is contained in the first of series of critiques of the McAleese report planned by Justice For Magdalenes Research (JFMR).
Running to some 66 pages, the report discusses issues around death, institutionalisation of former Magdalene women and research on Magdalene graves and duration of stay.
It reveals that, for 131 women who died in the High Park laundry in Dublin, no trace of their whereabouts can be found in the cemetery’s archives. Of these 131 women, 54 died between 1922 and 1991 when High Park closed — the period covered by the McAleese report.
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