IRELAND
Irish Independent
The Religious Sisters of Charity have said they are not concerned that former residents may be buried in unmarked graves on the site of a former Magdalene Laundry in Dublin 4.
An Gibraltar property firm is due to build an apartment complex on The Crescent in Donnybrook and in a planning application concerns were raised during the archaeological assessment about “the potential for burials in the area”.
The assessment reads:
“There are no clear records as to what happened to some of the women who operated within the laundries once they died. It remains a possibility that some are buried within the area of the proposed development.”
It also warns that “ground disturbances … will have an adverse and negative impact on archaeological deposits …This includes possible burials relating to the former use of the site as a Magdalene Laundry.”
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