| Reference Code: | MAGOHP/20/ANON |
| Oral History of: | Frances Walsh |
| Pseudonym? | Yes |
| Status: | Survivor |
| Date of interview: | 28th March 2013 |
| Link to Transcript: | MAGOHP20_ANON_Frances Walsh |
| Link to Audio File(s): | Audio file destroyed on request |
| Link to Records/Papers: | None available |
| Interviewer: | Dr Sinéad Pembroke |
| Keywords: | |
| Sisters of Mercy Mount Carmel Industrial School, Moate, Co Westmeath; Residential Institutions Redress Board; self-education; Sisters of Mercy Magdalene Laundry, Dun Laoghaire; rebelliousness (in industrial school); Residential Institutions Redress Board (RIRB); Section 28 (6) of Residential Institutions Redress Act, 2002; name changing in Industrial School; St Michael’s Hospital, Dun Laoghaire; death and burial practices at Magdalene Laundries; separation from family due to Industrial School and Magdalene Laundry system; stigma of illegitimacy; interaction between laundry and hospital on same campus; positive experiences with religious sisters; religiosity; improvements in laundry conditions in later years; shame and stigma. | |
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