Senate of Southern Ireland
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The Senate of Southern Ireland was the upper house of the short-lived Parliament of Southern Ireland, established by the Government of Ireland Act 1920 but never fully functioning before being superseded by later Irish legislative bodies.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Senate of Southern Ireland canonical | 3 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct legislature
ⓘ
upper house ⓘ |
| abolishedBy |
Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Irish Free State Constitution Act 1922 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Home Rule settlement under Government of Ireland Act 1920 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coexistedWith | House of Commons of Southern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constitutionalStatus | component of devolved government within the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| constitutionalSuccessor | Seanad of the Irish Free State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Southern Ireland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Government of Ireland Act 1920 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs | short-lived ⓘ |
| dissolvedInYear | 1922 ⓘ |
| establishedByStatute | Government of Ireland Act 1920 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| establishedInYear | 1921 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Oireachtas of the Irish Free State (as successor legislature)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Seanad Éireann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingState | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Irish War of Independence
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Irish revolutionary period ⓘ |
| houseType | upper house ⓘ |
| intendedRole | review and revision of legislation from the House of Commons of Southern Ireland ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Southern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfLegislation | English ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Government of Ireland Act 1920 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legislativeBranchOf | Parliament of Southern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legislatureFor | Southern Ireland as defined in the Government of Ireland Act 1920 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meetingPlace | Dublin Castle (intended) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| membershipType |
appointed members
ⓘ
ex officio members ⓘ nominated members ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
held only a token or inaugural meeting, if any
ⓘ
most members never took their seats ⓘ |
| numberOfMembers | 64 ⓘ |
| parliamentarySystem | bicameral ⓘ |
| partOf | Parliament of Southern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
creation of Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland
ⓘ
partition of Ireland ⓘ |
| precededBy | House of Lords of the United Kingdom (for Irish representation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForNonFunctioning |
boycott by Irish nationalists
ⓘ
political instability during Irish War of Independence ⓘ |
| regionServed | 26 counties of Southern Ireland ⓘ |
| status |
largely non-operational
ⓘ
never fully functioning ⓘ |
| supersededBy | Parliamentary structures of the Irish Free State ⓘ |
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