IRELAND
Irish Times
Patsy McGarry
Members of the public are invited to visit graves of Magdalene women around Ireland on Sunday.
March 6th will mark the the fifth annual Flowers for Magdalenes event in all cities and towns where there were Magdalene laundries. The Justice for Magdalenes Research (JFMR) has called on people to visit Magdalene graves on the day and to place flower to honour the women who lived and died behind convent walls.
It is estimated that at least 1,663 former Magdalene women are buried in cemeteries across Ireland, many of them in unmarked graves. Flowers for Magdalenes is a family event and children are welcome.
The event will be marked in Dublin at Glasnevin Cemetery, beginning at 11.30am; at 11.30am in St Joseph’s graveyard, Tory Top Road in Cork; at 3pm in Bohermore cemetery in Galway; at 3pm in Mount St Lawrence cemetery in Limerick; at 2pm in St Stephen’s cemetery in New Ross; and at 2pm in Ballygunner cemetery in Waterford.
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