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of Southern Ireland, established by the Government of Ireland Act 1920 but never fully functioning before being superseded by later Irish legislative bodies.

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Senate of Southern Ireland canonical 3

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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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Parliament of Southern Ireland hasPart Senate of Southern Ireland
Parliament of Southern Ireland upperHouse Senate of Southern Ireland
Southern Ireland upperHouse Senate of Southern Ireland