Constitution of 1782

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The Constitution of 1782 was a series of legislative changes that effectively granted the Irish Parliament legislative independence from Great Britain, marking a brief period of Irish self-governance before the Act of Union.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional arrangement
series of legislative reforms
alsoKnownAs Grattan’s Parliament
surface form: Grattan’s Constitution
appliesTo Irish House of Commons
Irish House of Lords
Irish executive under the Lord Lieutenant
appliesToJurisdiction Ireland
Parliament of Ireland
surface form: Irish Parliament
basedOn constitutional agitation by the Irish Patriot Party
country Kingdom of Ireland
describedAs brief period of Irish legislative self-government
didNotGrant full executive independence
universal suffrage
endTime 1801
field constitutional law
followedBy Acts of Union 1800
governmentForm limited constitutional monarchy
granted legislative independence
hasPart Renunciation Act 1783
Repeal of the Dependency of Ireland on Great Britain Act 1719
limitation of British Privy Council control over Irish legislation
recognition of Irish parliamentary legislative autonomy
reform of Poynings’ Law
headOfState George III of the United Kingdom
surface form: George III
historicalPeriod Grattan’s Parliament
impact strengthened Irish Protestant Ascendancy control of Parliament
influencedBy American Revolutionary War
surface form: American War of Independence

Irish Volunteer movement
language English
legalStatus constitutional settlement
limited authority of the British Parliament over Ireland
role of the British Privy Council in Irish law-making
location Dublin
maintained British Crown sovereignty over Ireland
opposedBy supporters of closer Anglo-Irish union
partOf history of Ireland under British rule
precededBy Repeal of the Dependency of Ireland on Great Britain Act 1719
surface form: Dependency of Ireland on Great Britain Act 1719

constitutional regime under Poynings’ Law
relatedTo Irish Home Rule movement
surface form: Home Rule movement
repealedBy Acts of Union 1800
repealedOn 1 January 1801
significantEvent end of British parliamentary legislative supremacy over Ireland
granting of legislative independence to the Irish Parliament
startTime 1782
supportedBy Henry Grattan
Irish Patriot Party
timePeriod late 18th century

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Parliament of Ireland notableReform Constitution of 1782
Poynings' Law followedBy Constitution of 1782