Industrial Schools Act 1868
The Industrial Schools Act 1868 was an Act of Parliament which created Industrial Schools in Ireland to care for neglected, orphaned and abandoned children.[1]
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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- ^ Gillian Carol Gear (1999). "Industrial Schools in England, 1857-1933" (PDF). University of London Institute of Education. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ^ Chapter 2 History of industrial schools and reformatories www.childabusecommission.ie
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- United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1868
- Industrial schools