Education Act 1695
Encyclopedia
The Education Act 1695 was an Act
of the Parliament of Ireland
, one of a series of penal law
s, prohibiting Catholic
s from sending their children to be educated abroad. Its long title
is "An Act to restrain Foreign Education".
Act of Parliament
An Act of Parliament is a statute enacted as primary legislation by a national or sub-national parliament. In the Republic of Ireland the term Act of the Oireachtas is used, and in the United States the term Act of Congress is used.In Commonwealth countries, the term is used both in a narrow...
of the Parliament of Ireland
Parliament of Ireland
The Parliament of Ireland was a legislature that existed in Dublin from 1297 until 1800. In its early mediaeval period during the Lordship of Ireland it consisted of either two or three chambers: the House of Commons, elected by a very restricted suffrage, the House of Lords in which the lords...
, one of a series of penal law
Penal law
In the most general sense, penal is the body of laws that are enforced by the State in its own name and impose penalties for their violation, as opposed to civil law that seeks to redress private wrongs...
s, prohibiting Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
s from sending their children to be educated abroad. Its long title
Long title
The long title is the formal title appearing at the head of a statute or other legislative instrument...
is "An Act to restrain Foreign Education".