The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1793 (33 Geo. III, c.21) is an Act of the

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, relieving

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s of certain political, educational, and economic disabilities. The Act was introduced by the

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, two years after the

Roman Catholic Relief Act 1791 The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1791 (31 George III, c. 32) is an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain passed in 1791 relieving Roman Catholics of certain political, educational, and economic disabilities. It admitted Catholics to the practice ...

, an Act of the

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. The Irish Act included certain local provisions such as allowing Catholics to take degrees at

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. Catholic schools had already been permitted again by the Catholic Relief Act 1782, subject to the teachers taking the

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and obtaining a license from the local

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Bishop. It repealed the provisions of the

Disfranchising Act 1728 The Disfranchising Act was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of Ireland debated in 1727 and enacted in 1728, one of a series of Penal Laws, and prohibited all Roman Catholics from voting in parliamentary elections. Its full title is "An Act ...

which had prohibited Catholics from voting. However, it did not remove the terms of the parliamentary oath which prohibited Catholics from sitting in parliament. This was altered by the

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, an act of the

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(the kingdoms having been joined in 1801 by the

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References

External links

QUB Irish Legislation Database: For the relief of his majesty's Roman Catholic subjects of Ireland
Acts of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) 1793 in law 1793 in Ireland Penal Laws in Ireland {{Ireland-hist-stub