Irish House of Lords

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The Irish House of Lords was the upper chamber of the pre-1801 Irish Parliament, composed mainly of hereditary peers and bishops, which played a central role in the governance of the Kingdom of Ireland under British rule.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Irish House of Lords canonical 14
House of Lords (Ireland) 1
Irish hereditary peers 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct legislature
legislative chamber
upper house
abolishedBy Acts of Union 1800
alsoKnownAs Irish House of Lords
surface form: House of Lords (Ireland)
associatedWith Protestant Ascendancy
composedOf Church of Ireland
surface form: Church of Ireland bishops

Irish House of Lords self-linksurface differs
surface form: Irish hereditary peers
country Kingdom of Ireland
dissolvedOn 1 January 1801
era 18th-century Ireland
early modern Ireland
excluded Roman Catholics (from membership for most of its history)
existedBefore Acts of Union 1800
existedDuring Kingdom of Ireland
function advising the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
judicial appeals
legislative review
passing statutes
gainedLegislativeIndependence 1782 Constitution of Ireland
governedBy Poynings' Law
hadChamberType bicameral legislature upper house
hadJudicialFunction court of last resort in Ireland (in some periods)
hadPower to amend or reject bills from the Irish House of Commons
hadPresidingOfficer Lord Chancellor of Ireland
Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of Ireland
influencedBy House of Lords
surface form: English House of Lords
languageOfProceedings English
legalTradition common law
legislativeRole upper chamber of the Parliament of Ireland
location Dublin
membershipBasis ex officio bishops
hereditary peerage
metAt Leinster House, Dublin
surface form: Irish Parliament House, Dublin
otherChamber Irish House of Commons
oversaw Irish legislation prior to 1801
partOf Parliament of Ireland
bicameral Parliament of Ireland
politicalSystem constitutional monarchy
religiousEstablishmentRepresented Church of Ireland
religiousRepresentation Anglican bishops of the Church of Ireland
restrictedTo Protestant peers and bishops
sentMembersTo House of Lords
surface form: House of Lords of the United Kingdom
subordinateTo Parliament of Great Britain
surface form: British Parliament (before 1782)
succeededBy House of Lords
surface form: House of Lords of the United Kingdom
timePeriod pre-1801
underAuthorityOf British Crown
votingSystem vote by peers

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Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parliament of Ireland hasComponent Irish House of Lords
John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont memberOf Irish House of Lords
Constitution of 1782 appliesTo Irish House of Lords
Protestant Ascendancy politicalPowerBase Irish House of Lords
Irish House of Lords alsoKnownAs Irish House of Lords
this entity surface form: House of Lords (Ireland)
Irish House of Lords composedOf Irish House of Lords self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Irish hereditary peers
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington memberOf Irish House of Lords
Privy Council of Ireland relatedTo Irish House of Lords
Irish House of Commons coequalWith Irish House of Lords
Irish House of Commons sharesPowerWith Irish House of Lords
Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Arran memberOf Irish House of Lords
Earl of Arran associatedWith Irish House of Lords
Francis Wheatley notableWork Irish House of Lords
this entity surface form: The Irish House of Lords
Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire memberOf Irish House of Lords
Coote associatedWithInstitution Irish House of Lords
Marquess of Donegall associatedWith Irish House of Lords