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Email correspondence with James Smith, Associate Professor of the English Department and Irish Studies Program at Boston College regarding the Magdalene laundries and the press they received between 2011 to 2013. Also extract from his paper "Ireland's Magdalen Laundries and the Nation's Architecture of Containment".
Also letters from Burke Brogan to James 'Jim' Smyth, (deposited by Smyth in October 2023), discussing research by Smyth, comments on the Carrigan Commission, responses by Burke Brogan, comments on the plays and poetry if Burke Brogan, comments on the her experiences of and opinions on the Magdalene Laundries in Ireland, and photocopy of "Sunflowers" by Burke Brogan, winner of the Connacht Tribune Short Story Competition in English.
Also includes typed copy of the text by Thomas Kilroy on the occasion of launch of "Stained Glass at Samhain" by Patricia Burke Brogan, held at the Town Hall Theatre Galway.
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13/03/2018
17/07/2025