Sarah-Anne Buckley on the Magdalen Memorial for 'Those We Remember' historical walkabout (Culture Night 2025)

This short talk by Sarah-Anne Buckley is one of eight delivered on a walk through Galway on Culture Night, 19 September 2025. The focus was on the individuals remembered in statues and public spaces around the city centre. 

Sarah-Anne's topic is the memorial to the Magdalen Women - The Final Journey Statue - at the site of the former Magdalen Laundry on Forster Street. The memorial by Mick Wilkins was unveiled in 2009, and features a poem by Patricia  Burke Brogan, whose play, 'Eclipsed', powerfully conveyed the lives of the people in such institutions.

Dr Sarah-Anne Buckley is an Associate Professor in History at the University of Galway. 

The walkabout was coordinated by John Cunningham for the Galway City Museum in association with the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society.