| Short Title: | Industrial Schools Act (Ireland) 1868 |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Long Title: | An Act to extend the Industrial Schools Act to Ireland. |
| Year: | 1868 |
| Statute Book Chapter: | 31 & 32 Vict. c. 25 |
| 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]
To prevent proselytism or changes in the religion of a child committed, Catholic and Protestant children were sent to separate schools.[2]