A life unlived: 35 years of slavery in a Magdalene Laundry

A life unlived: 35 years of slavery in a Magdalene Laundry: "Samantha Long’s mother Margaret Bullen was placed in Gloucester Street (now Sean McDermott Street) Laundry c.1967 and died 35 years later, never having been released into society and her own home. Margaret died of an illness known as Goodpasture Syndrome, a disease of the kidneys and liver – one of the causes is exposure to industrial-strength chemicals such as those used in the Laundries."?

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