Small Things Like These (2024) (Guest: Sean Patrick Donlan) (episode 57)
About this episode
The episode discusses the film adaptation of 'Small Things Like These' and its exploration of the Magdalene laundries in Ireland.
Small Things Like These (2024), adapted by Edna Walsh from Claire Keegan’s 2021 novel, tells the story of how coal merchant Bill Furlong (Cillian Murphy) uncovers disturbing secrets in a small Irish town in the mid-1980s. While going about his job delivering coal, Furlong discovers the truth about the Magdalene laundries—the abusive asylums run by Roman Catholic institutions from the 1820s until 1996. During this period, thousands of girls and women were imprisoned, forced to carry out unpaid...
People in this episode
Host: Jonathan Hafetz
Guest: Sean Patrick Donlan
Topics covered
- Irish history
- Magdalene laundries
- abuse
- film adaptation
- 1980s Ireland
Keywords
- Small Things Like These
- Cillian Murphy
- Magdalene laundries
- Claire Keegan
- Irish history
- film adaptation
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Roman Catholic institutions
Books & works: Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan’s 2021 novel
Places: Ireland
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