Industrial Schools Act 1868

Industrial Schools Act 1868 was an Act of Parliament which created Industrial Schools in Ireland to care for neglected, orphaned and abandoned children.[1]

Industrial Schools Act 1868

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

See also

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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