Parliament of Ireland

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historical legislature parliament

The Parliament of Ireland was the historical legislature of the Kingdom of Ireland, existing until its abolition and merger into the Parliament of the United Kingdom in the early 19th century.

Aliases (5)

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical legislature → parliament →
abolishedBy	Acts of Union 1800 →
alsoKnownAs	Irish Parliament → Parlaimint na hÉireann (historical) →
buildingLocation	College Green, Dublin →
country	Kingdom of Ireland →
earlierLanguageOfRecord	Latin → Norman French →
effectOfUnion	abolition of separate Irish legislature →
electorateRestrictedTo	Protestant minority →
excludedGroup	most Roman Catholics →
existedUntil	1800 →
firstSummoned	13th century →
gainedLegislativeIndependenceIn	1782 →
governedBy	Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (executive) →
hasComponent	Irish House of Commons → Irish House of Lords →
houseOfCommonsMembershipBasis	elected MPs →
houseOfLordsMembershipBasis	bishops of the Church of Ireland → hereditary peers →
influencedBy	Parliament of England →
jurisdiction	all of Ireland under English and later British crown →
languageOfLegislation	English →
lastMet	1800 →
legislativeBodyFor	Kingdom of Ireland →
location	Dublin →
mergedInto	Parliament of the United Kingdom →
metInBuilding	Irish Houses of Parliament →
notableReform	Constitution of 1782 →
originatedFrom	Anglo-Norman administration in Ireland →
passedAct	Acts of Union (Irish Act) →
PoyningsLawEnacted	1494–1495 →
predecessor	Irish councils and assemblies under Anglo-Norman rule →
religiousContext	Protestant Ascendancy →
representationAfterUnion	Irish MPs and peers in Westminster →
restrictedBy	Poynings' Law →
sovereign	monarch of Ireland →
succeededBy	Parliament of the United Kingdom →
typeOfLegislature	bicameral legislature →
underPersonalUnionWith	Kingdom of Great Britain →
votingSystemHouseOfCommons	limited franchise, property-based →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Acts of Union 1800 → Crown of Ireland Act 1542 → Kingdom of Ireland →	legislativeBody
Parliament of Ireland ("Irish Parliament") → Parliament of Ireland ("Parlaimint na hÉireann (historical)") →	alsoKnownAs
Acts of Union 1800 →	affectedInstitution
King of Ireland ("Irish Parliament") →	governingBody
Parliament of Ireland ("Irish House of Commons") →	hasComponent
Peerage of Ireland ("Irish House of Lords") →	hasParliamentaryBody
Crown of Ireland ("Irish Parliament") →	jurisdictionOver
Kingdom of Ireland ("Irish House of Commons") →	lowerHouse
Parliament of Ireland ("Irish Houses of Parliament") →	metInBuilding
John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont ("Irish Parliament") →	parliamentaryService
Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →	precededBy
Crown of Ireland Act 1542 ("Irish Parliament") →	recognizedBy
Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →	replaces
Kingdom of Ireland ("Irish House of Lords") →	upperHouse