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of Southern Ireland, established by the Government of Ireland Act 1920 but never fully functioning before being superseded by later Irish legislative bodies.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

How this entity was disambiguated

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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Referenced by (3)

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

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 ⓘ