Peerage of Ireland

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nobility system peerage

The Peerage of Ireland is the system of hereditary and lifetime noble titles historically associated with Ireland, encompassing ranks such as duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron within the British and earlier Irish nobility.

Aliases (2)

Irish peerage ×1
Marquess in the Peerage of Ireland ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	nobility system → peerage →
affectedBy	Acts of Union 1800 →
afterUnionRepresentation	Irish representative peers →
country	Ireland →
creationOfNewIrishPeeragesRestricted	19th century →
governedBy	Crown of Ireland →
hasLowerPrecedenceThan	Peerage of England → Peerage of Great Britain → Peerage of Scotland →
hasNotableBarony	Baron Clonbrock →
hasNotableDukedom	Duke of Leinster →
hasNotableEarldom	Earl of Kildare →
hasNotableMarquessate	Marquess of Ormonde →
hasNotableViscountcy	Viscount Powerscourt →
hasParliamentaryBody	Irish House of Lords →
hasPrecedenceOver	Peerage of the United Kingdom (for holders domiciled in Ireland) →
hasRank	baron → duke → earl → marquess → viscount →
hasType	hereditary peerage → life peerage →
historicallyAssociatedWith	Kingdom of Ireland → Lordship of Ireland → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
includesTitleStyle	in the Peerage of Ireland → of Ireland →
languageOfTitleStyles	English → Irish → Latin →
laterGovernedBy	Crown of the United Kingdom →
laterLegalJurisdiction	United Kingdom law →
legalJurisdictionHistorically	Irish law →
newCreationsEffectivelyCeased	20th century →
notAutomaticallyEntitleTo	seat in the House of Lords after 1801 →
parliamentaryBodyAbolished	1800 →
partOf	British nobility → nobility of the United Kingdom →
relatedSystem	Peerage of England → Peerage of Great Britain → Peerage of Scotland → Peerage of the United Kingdom →
representativePeersSatIn	House of Lords of the United Kingdom →
status	largely historical →
titlesStillLegallyExist	true →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Baron Clonbrock → Duke of Abercorn → Duke of Leinster → Earl of Kildare → Viscount Powerscourt →	partOf
Peerage of England → Peerage of Great Britain → Peerage of Scotland →	distinctFrom
Marquess of Ormonde → Robert Clive → Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire →	peerage
John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont →	aristocraticTitleJurisdiction
Baroness →	belongsTo
Peerage of the United Kingdom →	follows
Peerage of the United Kingdom →	hasHistoricalPrecursor
House of Hamilton →	heldPeerage
Duke of Leinster ("Marquess in the Peerage of Ireland") →	higherRankThan
Richard Fitzwilliam, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam ("Irish peerage") →	memberOf
Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont →	titleCreatedIn