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Frank Brehany, the Author of ‘A Magdalene Rose’, brings his book to Belfast and the North of Ireland on Friday 7 November 2025. Frank’s arrival in Belfast marks the final stage of his journey across Ireland to introduce his book to Irish audiences.

As you may know, I am the author of A Magdalene Rose. It’s a book that draws on secrets and promises and the family experiences within Ireland’s Magdalene enterprise.

In the last 2 weeks I’ve been contacted by people I have gotten to know across the West of Ireland. They were outraged by two things....

If there’s one thing I can say about all the topics I’ve written about, now over many years, it is that my readers have plenty of variety to choose from!...

A public moral outrage & the challenge of resilience I’ve been wondering these past few days whether you’ve been able to hear my head hitting the table from where you are. No, I am not deliberately hitting my head on the table but metaphorically I am; why? Well it’s all down to the manner in which the European Union’s long-awaited security and visa changes are being reported. I don’t know what it is, but since 2016 here in the UK, the Brexit vote has turned us into an island

Frank Brehany has cautiously welcomed the press release from the Irish religious order of ‘Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd’ on the 5 September 2025. In providing his cautious welcome, Frank is mindful that since 2019, he is still waiting for a full disclosure as to the facts of his grandmother’s life and death from within the High Park Magdalen Laundry.

Frank Brehany recently embarked on a series of book launches in the Republic of Ireland.....