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Industrial Schools (Ireland) Act 1868

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Industrial Schools (Ireland) Act 1868
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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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