Welcome to the archive of Ireland and the Magdalene Laundries: A Campaign for Justice, which was published by IB Tauris/Bloomsbury on 9th September 2021. In line with our goal to challenge knowledge suppression, we are making available our source materials via this archive. Private correspondence and other materials that are not accessible to the public are available on this page.

We are extremely grateful to Max Keith Feenan who assisted us with redactions and the content for this page. We are also indebted to Dr Jennifer O’Mahoney and Kieran Cronin at Waterford Institute of Technology for their careful work in compiling the archive of JFM’s 2009-2013 political campaign. Sincere thanks to Conall Ó Fátharta who donated the materials he obtained via Freedom of Information, and to Sheila Ahern who gave us access to the archive of the late Mary Raftery.

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citation guide and how to access the archive

To access the archive, please click the chapter links at the end of this page or use the dropdown links in the menu bar above. These records can be reproduced, but they must be correctly attributed using this citation guide:

JFMR records

[Item description] In: Claire McGettrick, Katherine O’Donnell, Maeve O’Rourke, James M. Smith and Mari Steed. (2021) Book Archive of Ireland and the Magdalene Laundries: A Campaign for Justice. London: IB Tauris/Bloomsbury.

Archive of jfm political campaign 2009-2013

This archive is hosted by Waterford Institute of Technology. Citation instructions are available at: http://repository.wit.ie/JFMA/information.html

Conall Ó Fátharta Archive

[Item description], Conall Ó Fátharta Archive. In: Claire McGettrick, Katherine O’Donnell, Maeve O’Rourke, James M. Smith and Mari Steed. (2021) Book Archive of Ireland and the Magdalene Laundries: A Campaign for Justice. London: IB Tauris/Bloomsbury.

Mary Raftery Archive

[Item description], Mary Raftery Archive. In: Claire McGettrick, Katherine O’Donnell, Maeve O’Rourke, James M. Smith and Mari Steed. (2021) Book Archive of Ireland and the Magdalene Laundries: A Campaign for Justice. London: IB Tauris/Bloomsbury.