PT2: ESCAPE FROM THE MAGDALENE LAUNDRY, DIANE CROGHAN SHARES HER INCREDIBLE STORY

[@bridodonnell6698]

Well done to the travelling people who helped her 👏

[@karenjoslyn4051]

Lord bless you dear lady and special blessings to the kind travelers who helped you!

[@karenlauricella4976]

Beautiful people the travelling people

[@myraburton3156]

Kindness costs nothing, choose it always. Romany travellers have values.

[@florenceobrien2822]

God bless her

[@littlelatinlupelu100]

AMEN

[@sineadpower1212]

Thank you to all the Travellers who helped this courageous lady. The Travellers understood only too well what it felt like to be ostracised from society. ❤

[@serendipidus8482]

And knew well how to do it too.

[@jimlawlor6789]

Please speak to Diane again. The abrupt ending was unforgivable for such a lady. She is more wonderful than any ‘celebrity’. Thank you.

[@VanessaKittredge]

It’s hard to believe the suffering that a little girl can endure. Diane is the picture of courage and grace.

[@Padraigp]

Dinah I think it is?

[@Padraigp]

Oh no my mistake I thought she said dinah😂

[@marychris9665]

Fair play to the travellers

[@pearljam619]

She got to experience both sides of humanity. The vile and evil acts endured by the Nuns and the kindness of Strangers as she escaped the laundry rooms.

[@emeraldeyes3338]

My god so many people failed this woman in her childhood. What a strong lady to survive these mysogonistic times at the hands of vile people who should have shown her more humanity and empathy.

[@diannejohnson1367]

What a beautiful and strong woman Diane is. Well balanced and intelligent.❤

[@bernadettecrawford3656]

A courageous lady and the travellers were so kind.

[@Vb-fy4sv]

Dianne you are a true survivor ! And I was emotional listening to you’re story ,you bear no grudges against the people treating you badly ,you came across a wonderful family person I can see through the screen the love you have for you’re family it pours from you in the pride in you’re voice .hope you are still with us in 2023 !

[@djfhfh]

And travellers get such a bad rep ,.god bless them for helping her, especially considering they are quite religious, god bless you both. 2 very brave young girls

[@noelfleming3567]

The nuns were supposed to be d religious ones they were d ones that controlled these children we know d rest of d shit

[@suitsushi]

I love travellers, they have such a great spirit and understanding of community. And it's so true, men and women are like wings of one bird, one without the other can't work.

[@bridgetholbourne6849]

Ur inner strengh is powerful❤ My granny was born in a work house in Armagh ,she was made of the same stuff ❤❤❤❤love

[@marytopley]

There is something very endearing about you Diane, I could listen to you for hours.I applaud you loud and clear, 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@StayWithMeArtshow]

Yes she is a lovely woman! So likeable.

[@Princesswarrior123]

Yes a lovely woman bless her,

[@newin548]

Brave, darling girl … could very well have become bitter but just look how strong and sweet she is … hope life is good for her and hers.. God bless her..

[@marykelly9698]

Im so glad it was the travelling community who took care of you on your travels , god guided you to those earth angels to make sure you were safe ❤ thank you for telling your story you are an absolute legend ❤

[@mharryvan5324]

Diane, you are a star. ALL YOUNG WOMEN need to hear about your horrendous experienced so they do not take their own emancipation for granted. Take care Diane. You are terrific.

[@tramorester]

What a beautiful soul, such empathy & understanding, even towards her own abusers after such a tough childhood. A lovely person all over with a simple message of equality at the end. I would say she was a fantastic mother.

[@StayWithMeArtshow]

I know she is just lovely. Everyone thinks the world of Diane. A joy to be around. Thank you for your lovely comments.

[@zitaharsanyi5620]

Exactly!!!

[@helenferullo5706]

Bless the traveling people 😇😇😇🙏🙏 God works through kind people. Blessed are those 🙏😇

[@whatsinaplant4417]

What a beautiful person. So strong and inspiring.

[@lesleycooper7544]

I had read about the Irish nuns Just awful what people do to each other. What a lovely lady. Could listen to her all. day xxxx

[@yvonnerahui8729]

Shes wonderful indeed. Look up : 'Shocking confession of sister Charlotte, firmer Roman Catholic'. It is a horrific story but full of mercy..Truth of what she suffered in a convent. Her heart testimony.

[@philomenacroghan5437]

Very brave and strong the travelling people than were lovely people ,Diane you are an inspiration to women ,so sad you had to go through so much sending love and hugs ❤❤❤♥️

[@Abc-cu9db]

Could listen to her talk all day 👌

[@Boadicea17]

I don't know this lady but I love her ❤ I could listen to her all day! Unbelievably wise and strong, she is very beautiful...what a shining diamond she is!💎💫💝💕

[@noelfleming3567]

Well said

[@suedoyle4526]

You are a remarkable woman. I’m so sorry you were taken from your foster family and sent to that convent. To think you walked such a distance as a young child when you escaped shows an inner strength most people don’t have. I’m glad you meet good people along the way who were kind to you. I must say you look very well for your age and I hope life is being good to you now. You’re a lovely lady and thank you for sharing your story xx

[@noelfleming3567]

Well said

[@rozdoyle8872]

Now Diane is what I call a real Woman , she could teach all the screaming little cowards a thing or two and proper order , the people making the most noise are just on a band wagon of what they think they ought to think to fit in , it is possible to overcome the most horrific happenings with the right attitude, Well done Diane , you are a Lady..

[@Padraigp]

So you think women should endure horrific circumstances in order to make them like her rather than fight for people like her to have a good life instead. Ok ..hot take but each tot heir own I suppose. 😂

[@aine2058]

A film needs to be made about her escape

[@joearkle1327]

Watch the film the magadlain sister it's about this and what went on in those places IST really good and has a both a happy and sad ending

[@lesleycooper7544]

Well I have seen a film called The magdlain sisters And ANOTHER ONE with Judie Dench. One of the girls got put in a convent. because. SHE. GOT RAPED AT A WEDDING. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@PhilomenaCarroll]

An inspiring woman she has such amazing strength. Such a sad story but she didn't allow her past to define her nor does she carry bitterness. ❤❤❤

[@StayWithMeArtshow]

thanks so much for your comments Philomena.

[@melissadeasy5774]

What an absolute beautiful lady. You still show such positivity and faith even though all the hardship you endured.

[@loridickerson2610]

These catholic magdalena nuns of these laundries are the biggest sinners themselves by torturing these women

[@maryannwilson6425]

As a Catholic, it's just so shameful. How did these nuns think they were helping, let alone being kind and living their faith?!

[@serendipidus8482]

​@@maryannwilson6425because they were taught many bs things. In catechism which isn't even in the bible. It was believed things like the mother must suffer pain during childbirth. And that if somone was poor it was because they had basically bad karma that go's had made them poor because they had dark souls and so you shouldn't help a poor person without making them suffer. The workhouses were based on that principle and the famine walls. That a poor person had a lack of moral fibre and the only cure for poverty was for them to work hard for every mouthful. Thats what Catholicism taught. Not nessiarily the teachings of jesus of compassion etc but the cathetism ...my family is catholic and we found all these leaflets. And books of my grandad of catechism which I was never taught thank goodness. And it was vile stuff. Propaganda and philosophy of a horrible nature. All this philosophy about suffering and pain and mortification of the flesh and horrid things that today nobody would consider right or normal. And society also taught this. Every garda every preist every person thought that somone who was females and had sinned was going to bring the whole family down into poverty and suffering if they weren't taught a lesson and quarantined from everyone. If society teaches you this stuff since you're a small child and beats it into you then you will end up believing it. Every day this stuff was bet into children. Told they'd burn in hell etc. We threw all of the catechism stuff in a skip. I woulldnt normally want to get rid of any books or writing but it was so depressing and horrible. Even their pinions about the black sinful savages being dark in colour because their souls were dark inside. And that you had to beat the savages to make them whiter. Aweful stuff. And it's a self perpetuating meme that continues without any need for policing because the only way up and out of it is to become one of them. The same with the nazis. If you didn't beat the Jewish people you were seen as low down and you would be beaten. Same with the irish when they went to America and beat the blacks down to get acceptance in american society as on the right side of the whole thing. That's how the irish got ahead. Same with the irish who turned against their own and became protestant and became landlords agents and beat their own Catholic cousins. Thats how those systems work. They get people recruited into it to do the work and not think. Anyone who thought critically about things would have been beaten. If you contradicted the system and said it was sinful to beat children you'd be beaten. So how can goodness win in such a system of propaganda. Made to control people.

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

Precisely

[@cg9616]

What a wonderful woman and a great example of forgive and live your best life. God bless 🙏

[@bettycastro835]

What a lovely lady ❤

[@sofiagale6050]

What a beautiful soul♥️ I wish I could give this amazing woman a huge hug. I'm sorry for what you have had to go through at such a young age.

[@anneshields2010]

Diane you are amazing such a brave beautiful woman also she should get. compensation for what she’s been through

[@trishayamada807]

I started learning about this before I had children and it hurt my heart, now having 3 little children my heart hurts even more.

[@lails9241]

God bless you how you have overcome such adversity with such grace💕. Your garden is beautiful like your soul xxx

[@Camgagh]

Beautiful woman with so much wisdom & a big heart.So glad you escaped & found your way and your sister.

[@StayWithMeArtshow]

Yes, thank you

[@i.bendigas6856]

@@StayWithMeArtshow God is everywhere and helps us!

[@fasthracing]

What a strong woman.

[@carolinebedford9836]

Such a brave thing to do at such a young age. Love to you Dianne. Xx

[@fatimak1382]

The Traveling People helped thousands .also through the Famine .it has all been covered up .many travellers are descended from the Old Celtic tribes who had their Lands and Property's taken from them by force.many didn't survive.many who did survive were left traumatized.

[@carolinethwaites6188]

I am now 88years of age At 4years of age my mother died, my father put my sister and myself in a convent. in Liverpool called Leyland school run by sisters of charity who were so wicked we were constantly beaten and abused Listening to this ladies story reminds me of an incident with me, like her we planned to run away I was fourteen at the time, there were twenty of us, I finally found my aunts house the police came and took us all back to the police station, the sister superior was informed she said all the girls çould go back except me, the reason being I had family, most of the other girls had nobody, I found out a few years later they were almost torched having to kneel for three days no food or water 😢

[@Boadicea17]

🥺😥💔so sorry to hear this, I hope life has been kind to you since xx

[@Padraigp]

Lord above ...too many of you...if two or three you might have not got caught. I'm sure that every minute they spent on their knees they thought of you and were delighted that at least you got away im sure that gave them great strength and hope to know you had got away. Dont feel bad that you did and they didn't ..is there anywhere online you might find any of the girls again to see what happened to them if any escaped. If you wanted any help id gladly help you if I can although I'm not great at computers to be honest and I hope there are people who could help you find them. No doubt they also wonder what ever happened to the girl who got away!

[@bernadettemurray8260]

Horrific 💔💔

[@lesleycooper7544]

Just horrible. Always the girls / woman. All we hear about today is the lives of bitter blacks. Demanding money For a life that was nothing as bad that these poor girls. where put through 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@jmac5951]

Fascinating and inspiring woman.

[@elaiinejennings5426]

God bless that beautiful lady ❤❤❤

[@utebristow1465]

Beautiful lady 💗 what strength and endurance to overcome her painful past. All the best to you and your beautiful family!

[@clairec1683]

Beautiful lady

[@maureenmcghee2077]

What a fantastic outlook on life from life from a lady who endured so much. Inspirational! X x x

[@ellioshiem7892]

wonderful lady. I know how evil those nuns are. I was abused for 5 years.

[@Juliemc446]

This was heartbreaking. 😢. Lovely lady 💗

[@junehoneymanhislop4881]

Such a brave and endearing soul. 💔

[@ellen7198]

What a fantastic lady,

[@thegirl30]

She's so strong❤️

[@florenceobrien2822]

Great woman

[@eveedits3020]

Such a brave and lovely woman 💖

[@Tipperary757]

Remarkable person. I wish she had not been cut off at the end. Such compassion still in saying everbody is equal. Special emphasis, women's and children's rights need to be respected.

[@jilleljadi5496]

Wonderful lady, incredible stories from Irish history, love the folk of Ireland. Honesty and sincerity...

[@heatherholyland157]

Except for the nuns !

[@sunnyseacat6857]

@@heatherholyland157 : and priests...

[@joanembleton910]

This is extreme abuse done by the Catholic church and there is a movie about this. I was also experiencing this type of PTSD so I support and pray for survivors

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

Precisely

[@mattiewilcox8463]

You are A Hero ✨✨

[@patriciahall2223]

You are an amazing Lady with such a huge heart . I'm glad you have your own beautiful family today ....I am so sorry this happened to you , heartbreaking 🇨🇦

[@sofatalkmediawitha.j2124]

A remarkable woman, you know it’s very sad that because of a few bad apples (which you’ll get in every sector around the world) Everyone is pretty much tarred with the same brush. There are many good members in the clergy, and just like the travellers. It’s very sad that still writing with the left hand is frowned upon, I remember having to have a quiet word with my youngest daughters teachers for trying to force them too to write with their right hand. That was eighteen years ago, I hope it’s different today. x

[@StayWithMeArtshow]

Yes she is truly remarkable.

[@stephdaly9705]

Such a strong brave woman

[@songbirdx-cu9uz]

well done diane well said and thank you

[@es6565]

If anyone is ever feeling sorry for themselves they need to watch this. What an incredible woman Diane I am humbled by your story. X

[@kellyhoover7750]

GOD BLESS YOU DIANE! YOU CHOSE YOUR BATTLES WISELY.... ❤❤

[@anitaellenmcgee7430]

Diane you are a true Champion

[@marybuckley485]

Well done Dianne.

[@louisel.sinniger2057]

Isn’t it amazing of all the nasty, unfavorable people in the world there are genuine angels that walk amongst us, help us. Bless the travelers that helped her.

[@mandydaly8940]

Love listening to her story ❤️

[@StayWithMeArtshow]

Yes. She is a ray of sunshine ☀️

[@mandydaly8940]

Stay With Me Art Show , yes she certainly is

[@StayWithMeArtshow]

I love how she has no anger

[@mandydaly8940]

Stay With Me Art Show yes that’s how she able to tell her story so honestly, when is the next part can you make them a little bit longer perhaps

[@StayWithMeArtshow]

Mandy Daly yes I’m going to start making them longer. We upload videos every Monday at 7pm

[@orkneybell]

Beautiful soul and a beautiful woman x

[@lorraineforget5483]

I am very sorry U had to go through what you did. It makes me very angry that they had taken you away from your foster family to go to that Magdalene Sisters Laundries. The nuns treated you so badly and Theresa too. They will have to give an account to God for their cruel actions toward U and all the other women survivors. We need to remember that there are only a few a bad apples out of a barrel of good apples. There are some very kind priests and nuns too. God works out everything for our good. The circumstances God put people in so we can compassion for others. These Magdalene Sisters were hurting so badly inside that they hurt the girls in their care plus the priests and Christian brothers. They were forced into that calling by family. No every one is called to be a nun or priest. God bless you Diane for your story!

[@vandahuman8522]

The Catholic church has a lot to answer for.😢

[@Trishno6]

It's not the church it's the men and women nuns

[@joejackson6453]

You're remarkable Diane, 🙏🏽 We're blessed to have your insight.

[@wholehealthchristian]

I know you recorded this years ago. I hope, Dianne that you you are doing well, and able to read this. How you have survived and even have enough love to help those in need is an inspiration. I am also thankful that despite the struggles and abuse you endured, you have been able to maintain trust in the goodness of God. It saddens me that sometimes those who represent God to the world, such as those who are in ministry, turn people away from God by their actions and abusiveness. I am glad that did not happen to you. You are amazing.

[@annemariekerrigan2011]

What a strong lovely women

[@StayWithMeArtshow]

Yes she’s a dote x

[@maryfitzpatrick2738]

Thank God for the Traveler’s who helped her on her way to a better place!☘️👏☘️

[@evastanford2249]

So glad you got away.

[@snowypenguin2337]

What a strong and beautiful woman you became x really disappointing with the way you were treated .such a wee girl ?.. but you came out the other side to be an amazing .mum.gran truly and a truly amazing mum and gran beautiful xx

[@StayWithMeArtshow]

Thank you so much for you lovely comments.,

[@valerieking3014]

Thank you for sharing this video.

[@bmc5075]

Wexford to bray jeez this woman is platinum All that she suffered And wow how the travelers helped and knew wer to direct her to another camp in those days is amazing 👏 👏 👏 ❤️

[@NicholaLewis]

Thank you for sharing your story and thank you to all the lovely people that helped this lovely lady when she was a child.

[@Vent330]

So many similarities with my late mothers story, she was also born in the County home in enniscorthy, industrial school and magdalen laundry followed, sadly she didnt escape, but was discharged into domestic service, emotionally ruined, when she was 26, Diane is just remarkable 😢

[@barbarawright5548]

I really like this lady and how she told her story. God Bless you Diane

[@TheGymnast71]

wow. Those laundries were crazy sick. Those crazy nuns.

[@treerose3304]

Thank you for sharing your story

[@elizabethsalvatore1633]

Thank goodness you escaped!❤God bless you 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌸 * are the travelers gypsy’s?

[@jacquelinewilson2279]

What an amazing story of survival. Lucky too that nobody took advantage of her situation.

[@claire-ui6pu]

“Everybody in my book is equal” ❤ “leave the past in the past”

[@carling2k]

It breaks my heart what you are have been though it really does

[@karenharrington2628]

Appreciate Sharing Sending prayers love ❤

[@KerryFord-d3u]

Remarkable lady..bless her

[@anitaellenmcgee7430]

This sounds like a real good screenplay here

[@martinatravers330]

I just love Diane. She is an amazing women. ❤❤

[@bernadettecrawford3656]

Wonderful story

[@christopher-ke9nj]

You did what, damn, saints above

[@franceslynch8815]

What a savage nation we are. What made us give children to people we never knew and would never know, and would not know how they treated the most vulnerable of beings on earth. This lady is beautiful, compassionate and articulate. The state and our communities damaged her and thousands of innnocents Why did the Irish allow themselves to be conned by men in black. In the 60's I was a child trapped under the shroud of catholic mists and folklore, but I was able to tell my teachers I did not believe in a god.

[@jddr555]

Spiritually grown🌹

[@debbief9861]

If there is a hell, the cruel nuns and priests will be going straight there. Monsters.

[@joanmelville8310]

AN amazing beautiful woman

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

God Bless you, Diane

[@susanlaird5154]

What a wonderful lady. I would love to meet her. So brave at such a young age. The Catholic Church have a lot to answer for but it is like a secret society.

[@patriciaphelan4150]

An amazing woman....❤

[@trishtraynor]

My wee Mammy gave birth to my sister in Blackrock in the 1930s. In Edinburgh in 1977 an Irish girl gave birth to her daughter the same day my daughter was born, and left to return to Ireland without her. She came from Ireland to a convent for ' poor fallen women'. In the late 1970s!!!! Shame on the Church. Shame on the men and women who declared others to be sinners. My God would never treat women like this so the Priests and Nuns and "Holy" Catholic families should get on their knees and beg forgiveness. 🤬 One family in my parish who were so highly thought of and friends with the Cardinal brought their grandson up from England to be baptised so he would get into his lical Catholic school. The child's mother hadn't been to Mass in years,and didn't bother having her boy baptised because she didn't believe in the Church. Aye, intil it was obvious the Catholic school was the best school for miles . 🤬🤬

[@davinathorne5215]

@Trish Traynor I had family in Ireland with the name ‘Traynor’. My parents were Irish and I was brought up in care in Scotland.

[@trishtraynor]

14th of September is my birthday, and I'm trying to find which mother and baby laundry my sister was born in! I don't believe in coincidences.💖 God bless.

[@StayWithMeArtshow]

Thank you so much for sharing Trish. If we can help at all, please let us know.