An Act to render valid certain Proceedings for the Relief of Distress in Ireland, by Employment of the labouring Poor, and to indemnify those who have acted in such Proceedings.
The Irish Poor Law Extension Act 1847 (
10 & 11 Vict. c. 31) was an 1847 act of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom which altered the
Irish Poor Law system. The passing of the act meant that the full cost of the Irish Poor Law system fell upon Irish property owners.[1]