Industrial Schools (Ireland) Act 1868

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Industrial Schools Act (Ireland) 1868
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title An Act to extend the Industrial Schools Act to Ireland.
Citation 31 & 32 Vict. c. 25
Dates
Royal assent 29 May 1868

The Industrial Schools Act (Ireland) 1868 or the Industrial Schools (Ireland) Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 25) was an act of Parliament which created industrial schools in Ireland to care for neglected, orphaned and abandoned children. [1]

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To prevent proselytism or changes in the religion of a child committed, Catholic and Protestant children were sent to separate schools. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Gillian Carol Gear (1999). "Industrial Schools in England, 1857-1933" (PDF). University of London Institute of Education. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Chapter 2 History of industrial schools and reformatories www.childabusecommission.ie
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