| Act of Parliament | |
 | |
| Long title | An Act to restrain Foreign Education. |
|---|---|
| Citation | 7 Will. 3. c. 4 (I) |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 7 September 1695 |
| Commencement | 1695 |
| Repealed | 1782 |
Status: Repealed | |
The Education Act 1695 (7 Will. 3. c. 4 (I)), was an act of the Parliament of Ireland, one of a series of Penal Laws, prohibiting Catholics from sending their children to be educated abroad. Its long title is "An Act to restrain Foreign Education".
It ruled:[1]
Whereas it has been found by experience that tolerating at Papists keeping school or instructing youth in literature is one great reason of many of the natives continuing ignorant of the principles of the true religion… no person of the Popish religion shall publicly teach school or instruct youth… upon pain of 20 pounds and prison for three months for every such offence...
- ^ alphahis (11 October 2013). "Extracts from the Penal Laws (1695-1745)". Northern Ireland. Retrieved 31 March 2023.