| Reference Code: | MAGOHP/15 |
| Oral History of: | Mary Currington |
| Pseudonym? | No |
| Status: | Survivor |
| Date of interview: | 23rd February 2013 |
| Link to Transcript: | MAGOHP15_Mary Currington |
| Link to Audio File(s): | Destroyed on request |
| Link to Records/Papers: | Not yet available |
| Interviewer: | Dr Sinéad Pembroke |
| Keywords: | |
| Good Shepherd Magdalene Laundry, Sundays Well; St Aidan’s Industrial School, New Ross; industrial school regime; County Homes; sexual abuse; physical abuse; sewing and needlework; Viyella; sales of Magdalene Laundry needlework; separation of siblings; institutionalisation; rebelliousness; escape attempts; Gardaí returning women and girls to laundries; transfer of religious sisters for questioning laundry/industrial school regime; public interaction with Magdalene women and girls; illegitimacy; post-natal experiences of unmarried women and girls; adoption; surveillance after leaving Magdalene Laundry; emigration; Residential Institutions Redress Board; long-term impact of sexual abuse; family reunion experiences; rejection; loss of identity; religious order as family; survivor reunions; shame; Magdalene Laundry finances; survivor groups; difficulties with solicitors. | |
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