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Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1847
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to make further Provision for the Relief of the destitute Poor in Ireland.
Citation 10 & 11 Vict. c. 31
Dates
Royal assent8 June 1847
Poor Relief (Ireland) (No. 1) Act 1847
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn 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.
Citation 10 & 11 Vict. c. 10
Dates
Royal assent18 March 1847
Poor Relief (Ireland) (No. 2) Act 1847
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to provide for the Execution of the Laws for Relief of the Poor in Ireland.
Citation 10 & 11 Vict. c. 90
Dates
Royal assent22 July 1847
Poor Relief (Ireland) (No. 3) Act 1847
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to authorize a further Advance of Money for the Relief of destitute Persons in Ireland.
Citation 10 & 11 Vict. c. 55
Dates
Royal assent25 June 1847

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]

See also

  • Kinealy, Christine (2006) [1994]. This Great Calamity. The Great Irish Famine, 1845-52. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan.

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