The Fallen - The Magdalene Laundries and Ireland's Legacy of Silence

Dr Louise Brangan is Chancellor''s Fellow at the School of Social Work and Social Policy at University of Strathclyde. She completed her PhD in Criminology at the University of Edinburgh in 2018, where she was visiting Fulbright scholar at the Center for the Study of Law and Society at UC Berkeley. Her academic book, The Politics of Punishment was published by Routledge in 2021. Louise is a 2023 BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker, the playwright of The Ireland We Dreamed Of and winner of the 2024 RSL Giles St Aubyn Award.

About the author

Dr Louise Brangan is an Irish academic who researches injustice and punishment. She is a 2023 BBC and AHRC New Generation Thinker and winner of the 2024 Royal Society of Literature Giles St Aubyn Award. She lives and works in Scotland.

Product details

• Authors: Louise Brangan
• Publisher: Bodley Head Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 30.04.2026
• EAN: 9781847928474
• ISBN: 978-1-84792-847-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 234 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, HISTORY / Women, Ireland, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, British & Irish history, Social and cultural history, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Feminism and feminist theory, Crime and criminology, Biography: historical, political and military, RELIGION / Christian Living / Social Issues, True stories of survival of abuse and injustice, RELIGION / Christian Living / Women's Interests, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, Social discrimination and social justice, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural & Regional, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic / General