Joe Murtagh Explores The Magdalene Laundries In “The Woman in the Wall”

They were called the Magdalene Laundries, and if you’ve never heard of them, you’re not alone. In fact, public unawareness was the driving force behind Joe Murtagh’s decade-long project in the making The Woman in the Wall. Comprising a sinister chapter in Ireland’s history, the laundries were Catholic Church-run institutions that took “fallen” girls and […]