List of Parliaments of Ireland
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This is a list of Parliaments of Ireland
to 1801. For subsequent Parliaments, see the list of Parliaments of the United Kingdom. For post-1918 Parliaments, see elections in Ireland
. Parliaments before 1264 are not currently listed.
The Kingdoms of Ireland
and Great Britain
joined on 1 January 1801. For subsequent Parliaments see the list of Parliaments of the United Kingdom.
Parliament of Ireland
The Parliament of Ireland was a legislature that existed in Dublin from 1297 until 1800. In its early mediaeval period during the Lordship of Ireland it consisted of either two or three chambers: the House of Commons, elected by a very restricted suffrage, the House of Lords in which the lords...
to 1801. For subsequent Parliaments, see the list of Parliaments of the United Kingdom. For post-1918 Parliaments, see elections in Ireland
Elections in Ireland
The Republic of Ireland elects on national level a head of state — the president — and a legislature. The president is elected for a seven year term by Irish citizens resident in the state ....
. Parliaments before 1264 are not currently listed.
| Monarch | Sequence | Opened | Dismissed | Speaker (dateWhere no date is given, the speaker took the chair at the opening of Parliament) | Sessions | General Councils | Councils | Locations (no. sessions) | Notes |
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| Henry III Henry III of England Henry III was the son and successor of John as King of England, reigning for 56 years from 1216 until his death. His contemporaries knew him as Henry of Winchester. He was the first child king in England since the reign of Æthelred the Unready... |
1 | 18 June 1264 | c.29 September 1269 | 2 | Castledermot Castledermot Castledermot is an inland village in the south-east of Ireland in County Kildare, about from Dublin, and from the town of Carlow. The N9 road from Dublin to Waterford passes through the village but completion of a bypass is due during 2010.-Demographics:... |
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| Edward I Edward I of England Edward I , also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. The first son of Henry III, Edward was involved early in the political intrigues of his father's reign, which included an outright rebellion by the English barons... |
1 | 29 September 1276 | 9 April 1307 | 19 | 1 | Dublin (13); Kildare Kildare -External links:*******... (1); Kilkenny Kilkenny Kilkenny is a city and is the county town of the eponymous County Kilkenny in Ireland. It is situated on both banks of the River Nore in the province of Leinster, in the south-east of Ireland... (4) |
"Wogan John Wogan (Justiciar of Ireland) Sir John Wogan or John de Wogan, styled lord of Picton was a Cambro-Norman judge who served as Justiciar of Ireland from 1295 to 1313.... 's Parliament" of 1297 was the first with representatives elected by counties Counties of Ireland The counties of Ireland are sub-national divisions used for the purposes of geographic demarcation and local government. Closely related to the county is the County corporate which covered towns or cities which were deemed to be important enough to be independent from their counties. A county... . |
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| Edward II Edward II of England Edward II , called Edward of Caernarfon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed by his wife Isabella in January 1327. He was the sixth Plantagenet king, in a line that began with the reign of Henry II... |
1 | 9 February 1310 | 8 July 1326 | 14 | Dublin (6), Kildare (1), Kilmainham Kilmainham Kilmainham is a suburb of Dublin south of the River Liffey and west of the city centre, in the Dublin 8 postal district.-History:In the Viking era, the monastery was home to the first Norse base in Ireland.... (1), Kilkenny (5). |
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| Edward III Edward III of England Edward III was King of England from 1327 until his death and is noted for his military success. Restoring royal authority after the disastrous reign of his father, Edward II, Edward III went on to transform the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe... |
1 | 10 May 1327 | 8 January 1377 | 29 | 8 | 9 | Dublin (20), Ballydoyle Ballydoyle Ballydoyle is a racehorse training facility located in County Tipperary in Ireland. It is a sister thoroughbred facility to Coolmore Stud, and both are owned by John Magnier... /Cashel Cashel, County Tipperary Cashel is a town in South Tipperary in Ireland. Its population was 2936 at the 2006 census. The town gives its name to the ecclesiastical province of Cashel. Additionally, the cathedra of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly was originally in the town prior to the English Reformation.... (1), Kilkenny (11). |
The Statutes of Kilkenny Statutes of Kilkenny The Statutes of Kilkenny were a series of thirty-five acts passed at Kilkenny in 1366, aiming to curb the decline of the Hiberno-Norman Lordship of Ireland.-Background to the Statutes:... were passed by the 1366 session. |
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| Richard II Richard II of England Richard II was King of England, a member of the House of Plantagenet and the last of its main-line kings. He ruled from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. Richard was a son of Edward, the Black Prince, and was born during the reign of his grandfather, Edward III... |
1 | 14 January 1378 | Summer 1396 | 13 | 5 | 11 | Dublin (4), Trim Trim, County Meath Trim is the traditional county town of County Meath in Ireland, although the county town is now Navan. The town was recorded in the 2006 census to have a population of 6,870.... (1), Kilkenny (2), Castledermot (4). |
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| Henry IV Henry IV of England Henry IV was King of England and Lord of Ireland . He was the ninth King of England of the House of Plantagenet and also asserted his grandfather's claim to the title King of France. He was born at Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire, hence his other name, Henry Bolingbroke... |
1 | Spring 1401 | 4 February 1412 | 13 | 2 | 5 | Dublin (7), New Ross New Ross New Ross is a town located in southwest County Wexford, in the southeast of Ireland. In 2006 it had a population of 7,709 people, making it the third largest town in the county after Wexford and Enniscorthy.-History:... (1), Kilkenny (2) Waterford Waterford Waterford is a city in the South-East Region of Ireland. It is the oldest city in the country and fifth largest by population. Waterford City Council is the local government authority for the city and its immediate hinterland... (2). |
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| Henry VI Henry VI of England Henry VI was King of England from 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471, and disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453. Until 1437, his realm was governed by regents. Contemporaneous accounts described him as peaceful and pious, not suited for the violent dynastic civil wars, known as the Wars... |
1 | 1425 | 9 February 1459 | 32 | 17 | 1 | Dublin (25), Trim (1), Naas Naas Naas is the county town of County Kildare in Ireland. With a population of just over twenty thousand, it is also the largest town in the county. Naas is a major commuter suburb, with many people residing there and working in Dublin... (2), Drogheda Drogheda Drogheda is an industrial and port town in County Louth on the east coast of Ireland, 56 km north of Dublin. It is the last bridging point on the River Boyne before it enters the Irish Sea.... (5), Kilkenny (1). |
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| Henry VI | 2 | 7 February 1460 | 21 July 1460 | Drogheda (1), Dublin | The parliament was assembled by Richard of York and declared that "the land of Ireland is, and at all times has been, corporate of itself". The 1495 statute 10 Henry VII c.23 annulled this parliament. | ||||
| Edward IV Edward IV of England Edward IV was King of England from 4 March 1461 until 3 October 1470, and again from 11 April 1471 until his death. He was the first Yorkist King of England... |
1 | 12 June 1461 | after 7 February 1483 | 61 | Dublin (31), Bray Bray Bray is a town in north County Wicklow, Ireland. It is a busy urban centre and seaside resort, with a population of 31,901 making it the fourth largest in Ireland as of the 2006 census... (1), Trim (2), Naas (5), Limerick Limerick Limerick is the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland, and the principal city of County Limerick and Ireland's Mid-West Region. It is the fifth most populous city in all of Ireland. When taking the extra-municipal suburbs into account, Limerick is the third largest conurbation in the... (1), Drogheda (15), Connell, County Kildare (1), Wexford Wexford Wexford is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland. It is situated near the southeastern corner of Ireland, close to Rosslare Europort. The town is connected to Dublin via the M11/N11 National Primary Route, and the national rail network... (1), Waterford (1) |
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| Richard III Richard III of England Richard III was King of England for two years, from 1483 until his death in 1485 during the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty... |
1 | 19 March 1484 | After 1485 | 6 | 2 | Dublin (3), Naas. | |||
| Henry VII Henry VII of England Henry VII was King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizing the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death on 21 April 1509, as the first monarch of the House of Tudor.... |
1 | 14 July 1486 | after July 1509 | 20 | 1 | 1 | Dublin (9), Castledermot (2), Trim (2), Drogheda (4). | Passed Poynings' Law in 1495 | |
| Henry VIII Henry VIII of England Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France... |
1 | 25 February 1516 | 19 November 1543 | Sir Thomas Cusake (c. 13 June 1541) | 32 | Dublin (26), Trim (1), Drogheda (2), Limerick (2), Kilkenny (1), Cashel (1) | Passed the Crown of Ireland Act 1542 Crown of Ireland Act 1542 The Crown of Ireland Act 1542 is an Act of the Parliament of Ireland , declaring that King Henry VIII of England and his successors would also be Kings of Ireland. Since 1171 the monarch of England had held the title Lord of Ireland... |
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| Mary I Mary I of England Mary I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death.She was the only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. Her younger half-brother, Edward VI, succeeded Henry in 1547... |
1 | 1 June 1557 | 2 July 1557 | James Stanihurst James Stanihurst James Stanihurst was for three terms Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. He was also the first to hold the position of Recorder of Dublin.-Life:... |
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| Mary I | 2 | 10 November 1557 | 10 November 1557 | ||||||
| Mary I | 3 | 1 March 1558 | 1 March 1558 | ||||||
| Elizabeth I Elizabeth I of England Elizabeth I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty... |
1 | 12 January 1560 | 1 February 1560 | James Stanihurst | 1 | ||||
| Elizabeth I | 2 | 17 January 1569 | 25 April 1571 | James Stanihurst | |||||
| Elizabeth I | 3 | 26 April 1585 | 14 May 1586 | Sir Nicholas Walsh | |||||
| James I James I of England James VI and I was King of Scots as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the English and Scottish crowns on 24 March 1603... |
1 | 18 May 1613 | 24 October 1615 | Sir John Davies John Davies (poet) Sir John Davies was an English poet and lawyer, who became attorney general in Ireland and formulated many of the legal principles that underpinned the British Empire.-Early life:... |
3 | First Irish parliament with a Protestant majority, achieved largely (following the Ulster plantation) by the creation of new boroughs by the king, many of which were little more than villages or empty plots of land. | |||
| Charles I Charles I of England Charles I was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England, attempting to obtain royal revenue whilst Parliament sought to curb his Royal prerogative which Charles... |
1 | 14 July 1634 | 18 April 1635 | Sir Nathaniel Catelyn | 4 | ||||
| Charles I | 2 | 16 March 1640 | 30 January 1649 | Sir Maurice Eustace | 6 | ||||
| Interregnum | 30 Irish MPs sat at Westminster in the Protectorate Parliament (1653–59) | ||||||||
| Charles II Charles II of England Charles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War... |
1 | 8 May 1661 | 7 August 1666 | Sir Audley Mervyn Audley Mervyn Sir Audley Mervyn of Trillick was a lawyer and politician in Ireland. M.P. for County Tyrone and Speaker of the Irish House of Commons 1661-1666.... |
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| James II James II of England James II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland... |
1 | 7 May 1689 | 18 July 1689 | Sir Richard Nagle Richard Nagle Sir Richard Nagle was an Irish politician and lawyer. He held the positions of Attorney-General for Ireland, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons, Lord Justice of Ireland and Secretary of State and War for Ireland under King James II. He fled to France in 1691, joining James II at Saint Germain,... |
1 | "Patriot Parliament Patriot Parliament The Patriot Parliament is the name given to the session of the Irish Parliament called by King James II of Ireland during the War of the Two Kings in 1689. The parliament met in one session, from 7 May 1689 to 20 July 1689, and was the only session of the Irish Parliament under King James II.The... " |
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| William III William III of England William III & II was a sovereign Prince of Orange of the House of Orange-Nassau by birth. From 1672 he governed as Stadtholder William III of Orange over Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel of the Dutch Republic. From 1689 he reigned as William III over England and Ireland... and Mary II Mary II of England Mary II was joint Sovereign of England, Scotland, and Ireland with her husband and first cousin, William III and II, from 1689 until her death. William and Mary, both Protestants, became king and queen regnant, respectively, following the Glorious Revolution, which resulted in the deposition of... |
1 | 5 October 1692 | 26 June 1693 | Sir Richard Levinge | 1 | ||||
| William III | 2 | 27 August 1695 | 14 June 1699 | Robert Rochfort Robert Rochfort Robert Rochfort was attorney-general, judge and speaker of the Irish House of Commons.Rochfort was probably born on 9 December 1652. He was the second son of Lieutenant-Colonel James "Prime-Iron " Rochfort , a Cromwellian soldier, and Thomasina Pigot... |
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| Anne Anne of Great Britain Anne ascended the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland on 8 March 1702. On 1 May 1707, under the Act of Union, two of her realms, England and Scotland, were united as a single sovereign state, the Kingdom of Great Britain.Anne's Catholic father, James II and VII, was deposed during the... |
1 | 21 September 1703 | 6 May 1713 | Alan Brodrick Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton PC was an Irish lawyer and politician.-Background:He was the second son of Sir St John Brodrick of Ballyannan, near Midleton in County Cork, by his wife Alice , daughter of Laurence Clayton of Mallow, County Cork and sister of Colonel Randall Clayton M.P., of... |
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| John Forster John Forster (Chief Justice) -Background:Forster was born in Dublin, the son of Richard Forster and his wife Anne Webber. His father sat in the Irish House of Commons for Swords and came from a family long associated with the Dublin business community.-Career:... (19 May 1710) |
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| Anne | 2 | 25 November 1713 | 1 August 1714 | Alan Brodrick | 1 | Dissolved by the death of the Queen | |||
| George I George I of Great Britain George I was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 until his death, and ruler of the Duchy and Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg in the Holy Roman Empire from 1698.... |
1 | 12 November 1715 | 11 June 1727 | William Conolly William Conolly William Conolly , also known as Speaker Conolly, was an Irish politician, Commissioner of Revenue, lawyer and landowner.-Career:... |
6 | Dissolved by the death of the King | |||
| George II George II of Great Britain George II was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Archtreasurer and Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death.George was the last British monarch born outside Great Britain. He was born and brought up in Northern Germany... |
1 | 28 November 1727 | 25 October 1760 | William Conolly | 17 | Dissolved by the death of the King | |||
| Sir Ralph Gore Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Baronet Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Baronet was a Speaker of the Irish House of Commons.The Gore Baronetcy, of Magherabegg in the County of Donegal, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 2 February 1622 for Paul Gore .The fourth Baronet served as Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer and as Speaker... (13 October 1729) |
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| Henry Boyle Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon, PC was a prominent Irish politician.Boyle was the second son of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Boyle , second son of Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery. His mother was Lady Mary O'Brien, daughter of Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin... (4 October 1733) |
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| John Ponsonby (26 April 1756) | |||||||||
| George III | 1 | 22 October 1761 | 28 May 1768 | John Ponsonby | 4 | The Octennial Act passed in 1768 limited parliaments to a term of 8 years at most | |||
| George III | 2 | 17 October 1769 | 5 April 1776 | John Ponsonby | 5 | ||||
| Edmund Sexton Pery (7 March 1771) | |||||||||
| George III | 3 | 18 June 1776 | 25 July 1783 | Edmund Sexton Pery | 4 | The Constitution of 1782 Constitution of 1782 The Constitution of 1782 is a collective term given to a series of legal changes which freed the Parliament of Ireland, a Medieval parliament consisting of the Irish House of Commons and the Irish House of Lords, of legal restrictions that had been imposed by successive Norman, English, and later,... instigated "Grattan's Parliament" |
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| George III | 4 | 14 October 1783 | 8 April 1790 | Edmund Sexton Pery | 7 | ||||
| John Foster John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel was an Irish peer and politician.He was the son of Anthony Foster of Louth, an Irish judge . He was elected Member of Parliament to the Irish House of Commons for Dunleer in 1761, a seat he held until 1769... (5 September 1785) |
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| George III | 5 | 2 July 1790 | 11 July 1797 | John Foster | 8 | ||||
| George III | 6 | 9 January 1798 | 31 December 1800 | John Foster | 3 | Dissolved by the Acts of Union 1800 |
The Kingdoms of Ireland
Kingdom of Ireland
The Kingdom of Ireland refers to the country of Ireland in the period between the proclamation of Henry VIII as King of Ireland by the Crown of Ireland Act 1542 and the Act of Union in 1800. It replaced the Lordship of Ireland, which had been created in 1171...
and Great Britain
Kingdom of Great Britain
The former Kingdom of Great Britain, sometimes described as the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain', That the Two Kingdoms of Scotland and England, shall upon the 1st May next ensuing the date hereof, and forever after, be United into One Kingdom by the Name of GREAT BRITAIN. was a sovereign...
joined on 1 January 1801. For subsequent Parliaments see the list of Parliaments of the United Kingdom.