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]
To prevent proselytisation, safeguards to prevent any change in the religion of a child committed. Catholic and Protestant children had to be committed to separate schools.[2]
References
- 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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