Crown of Ireland

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constitutional concept legal institution monarchy

The Crown of Ireland was the legal and symbolic authority of the Irish monarchy, representing the sovereignty of the English (later British) monarch over Ireland from the 16th century until the creation of the Irish Free State.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional concept → legal institution → monarchy →
appliesToTerritory	Ireland → Kingdom of Ireland → Lordship of Ireland →
associatedWithEvent	Acts of Union 1800 → Anglo-Irish Treaty → Tudor conquest of Ireland →
constitutionalDoctrine	the King’s two bodies (as applied to Ireland) →
constitutionalStatus	in personal union with the English Crown → separate crown →
country	Ireland →
createdBy	Henry VIII of England →
diminishedBy	Irish War of Independence → growing Irish nationalism →
endCause	creation of the Irish Free State →
endTime	1922 →
firstMonarch	Henry VIII →
followedBy	Crown of the United Kingdom → Irish Free State →
headOfStateRole	King of Ireland → Queen of Ireland →
jurisdictionOver	Irish Parliament → Irish executive government →
legalBasis	Crown of Ireland Act 1542 →
legalConceptIn	English law → Irish law (pre-1922) →
mergedInPracticeWith	Crown of Great Britain → Crown of the United Kingdom →
notableMonarch	Elizabeth I → George III → George V → James I →
partOf	British monarchy → English monarchy →
precededBy	Lordship of Ireland →
relatedConcept	Crown of England → Crown of Scotland → Crown of the United Kingdom → Irish Free State monarchy →
religion	Anglicanism (Church of Ireland as established church) → Roman Catholicism (originally intended) →
sovereign	British monarch → English monarch →
startTime	1542 →
symbolizes	royal authority in Ireland → sovereignty over Ireland →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Stuart →	dynasticUnion
Peerage of Ireland →	governedBy
Crown of Ireland Act 1542 →	legalSuccessorEntity
Crown of England →	relatedConcept