The Good Shepherd Magdalen Laundry

[mslettys14]

@souly351 the laundry part was knocked to the ground but the living quarters for the nuns and the 5 story buildings where the "inmates" ate,slept etc still remain,, the buildings which were turned into a appartments are part of saint annes mental hospital which is situted on the same site as the good shepherd convent, one can still walk the grounds but all the windows are sealed up so the buildings cannot be accessed, the church is another building which remains on the ground

[souly351]

@johnymst sundays well cork city, its no longer there, its now a block of apartments, I have no doubt that many bodies lie beneath

[johnymst]

anyone know the exact location of this place? could you send me a link with google map or something? thanks

[SteelyTop]

If there was a God, he wouldn't allow this sort of thing to happen in his name. Think about it. Religion is just a way to control people, mostly women. Religion is the enemy of all women, young or old. It was never true and it'll never be true. And the proof is what these children went through here.

[OldHippieChickster]

@SteelyTop Well said... I would add that IF women would just open a bible and read everything it says about WOMEN in that book, they would burn it and stand up against the church. It makes me sick to see churches full of women. Fools desperate for comfort willing to bow down to a misogynistic god ... sick.

[MrSkeath]

brilliant work...i can say no more..excellence that no one can top..loved the upload..

[mcserio]

@fairhillnorrie Just well said!

[tce70]

Excellent video,people worldwide need to really understand and appreciate what every single woman and child went through not just in Ireland but these places were springing up everywhere.SHAME ON THOSE EVIL ABUSERS who were suppose to lead in Gods example they should have known better.Im CATHOLIC and am glad to mention that i have met some lovely nuns.GOD BLESS EVERY SINGLE SOUL that went through the torture and agony of these hellish places.CRIMINALS today get treated better.I will remember u

[vettemuziekjes]

good shepherd my ASS ! it's EVIL !!

[ickiepoo]

This makes me ashamed to be of Irish descent. Not only because it happened, but because the nuns guilty of the abuse are still free and unpunished. May God damn them to hell for all eternity.

[carrieluvv]

@ickiepoo

dont be ashamed of being irish

it was untrained people who were taught that cruelty or humiliation were the way to go.......and the complete control of corrupt catholics

[OldHippieChickster]

@carrieluvv Just what sort of training does it take to know not to imprison and beat girls? I knew it was wrong at 2 years old.

[sandigamble777]

Seems like everyone wants to burn these hell holes down.... Don't just think that this was Ireland's shame, the same thing happened to me and many others just like me in Australia. We had our childhood innocence ripped from us and were put to work in these hell holes as young as 11. Thats when I started to work in one and I wasn't insane.

[navrats]

I remember this burning down, was it 04?

[navrats]

@navrats babe you were signed in as me whle makin dis comment.you never showed me dis place anytime i was in cork.

[mockymurmac]

Brrrr.. spookiest thing I've seen in awhile.

[MrsEringobragh]

I´m trying to write my thesis about the magdalen laundries but everytime I start to write I feel so ill that I have to stop writing. Don´t know how I will be able to finish the thesis but this need to be told to everyone even though it´s hard to hear.

[ivors1973]

@MrsEringobragh Hi mrseringobragh my mother spent half her life in the magdalene laundries in cork

[sandigamble777]

@ivors1973 Be gentle with her then, she would need it.

[sheilamaclean]

This story chokes me up everytime I hear another account. A whole country complicit in the abuse of its women and children and still functioning well into the 20th century, heartbreaking. God only know all of the childrens' stories, may their souls rest in peace and eternal damnation to their abusers.

[123456iambelial]

For some reason this song sounds like Amazing Grace.

[Mediumystics]

Haunting music and and a wonderful video

[REAPERSMTC]

Fabulous footage we must never forget all those poor women and children xxx

[joytalia]

Brilliant!!

[fatgirlslim2008]

I just love your videos

[fuckoffycus]

Beautiful vid Mark, I was in the Good Shepard only a few hours ago. You have captured it so well. It's such a shame that parts of the building were burned to the ground, and the rest of it gutted. The grave yard struck me most, very sad. Thanks for uploading *****

[mtsteed]

It looks so appropriate in black and white...excellent

[harpowoman]

Manners continued: "The penitents attend Mass in a chapel separated from the main chapel by a wall of Venetian blinds; so that no one can see them while at their devotions. The superior of the order in Ireland resides at Dublin, and her command over all the establishment in the country is absolute (Manners, 98)

[harpowoman]

Thank you for posting this. I just read an interesting account of an early rebellion here by John Manners, 1881. Manners wrote: To the sisters of Charity, of Cork, is committed the charge of the Magdalen Asylum, --an onerous duty, not at all to their liking, said the holy mother, and apparently not much to that of the penitents themselves; for recently something like a rebellion, ending in a secession, broke out amongst them. (Manners, 98)

[onawobble]

Stunning vid!!