Temporary Relief Act 1847

Temporary Relief Act 1847
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act for the temporary Relief of destitute Persons in Ireland.
Citation10 & 11 Vict. c. 7
Dates
Royal assent23 February 1847
Repealed11 August 1875
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1875
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted


The Temporary Relief Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 7) also known as the Soup Kitchen Act was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed in February 1847.

The Act allowed the establishment of soup kitchens in Ireland to relieve pressure from the overstretched Poor Law system, which could not adequately feed people suffering from the Great famine.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Gwendolyn Mink and Alice O'Connor (2004). Poverty in the United States. ABC-CLIO. p. 321-323. ISBN 1-57607-597-4.
  2. ^ Campbell Bartoletti, Susan (2001). Black potatoes: the story of the great Irish famine, 1845-1850. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 75. ISBN 978-0-618-00271-9. Soup Kitchen Act 1847.


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